Cambodian refugee shares story of deportation after serving U.S. prison sentence

California Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., is proposing a new bill aimed at protecting Southeast Asian refugees from deportation after they serve prison sentences in the U.S. NBC News’ Vicky Nguyen spoke with Cambodian refugee, Phoeun You about his experience.
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#Refugee #Prison #Deportation

[@dkstacker]

Dude, you killed someone!! Be happy that you're still alive and free.

[@Emmy-J]

Some people need to play the victim

[@tainanking]

Nah being in Cambodia prolly worse than being alive

[@dkstacker]

@@tainanking Nothing wrong with living in Cambodia. I wish to one day retired there.

[@kosan2875]

@@tainanking its only bad if u have no money

[@mrmar8973]

And the person he killed never got to grow up and see life. Good bye.

[@JohnDoe-ly6bt]

khmoiis are parasites

[@Hollaboyy]

Drive by on a rival gang member , doesn’t mean innocent live fool

[@abualofenkasi5634]

@@Hollaboyy did he say that? Could have not do all of that. Easy

[@RollerBladingSuxs]

He can heal the streets virtually.

[@Oo-lf1mu]

The law is if you aren’t a citizen they can send you back. That’s why you can’t commit a felony when in the process of getting your citizenship

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

The US government ended millions of their people by bombing Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia! The US caused this whole mess to begin with!!

[@themiddlekingdom9121]

Phoeun and other many like him should became U S citizenships right after they graduated from high school.

[@GoodGood-vb8gm]

Other Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Sikhs, Pakistanis and Vietnamese) suffer discrimination and bullying in school too.

[@TheInsultInvestor]

I dont feel sorry for the murderer.

[@darrinatorrr]

Killed someone you get deported

[@GoodGood-vb8gm]

In Cambodia he would have been executed

[@GoodGood-vb8gm]

In Cambodia he would have been executed

[@wenpai1062]

You did the heinous crime you take the punishment and consequences

[@jlaborer3945]

Once a gang member is always a gang member. He needs to go back. He changed his life, but now he wants to change because he is aware of the consequences.

[@trevessence]

I'm sick of murderers suddenly playing victim... My dad (a cop) was murdered when I was 8 We all had to grow up without him. Does his killer deserve Benz and roses?

[@fjidfdfjd2459]

your father was probably killed by another black man which in all honesty isnt that shocking 🤣

[@Hussle126]

Yes

[@lucassantiagogarcia1239]

Could have not been a cop and put himself in the way to get shor

[@emsauce75]

Too many bleeding hearts in the US!

[@jamess.9743]

he did get freedom, just not in america. he just needs to make a life elsewhere.

[@jeffhampton2767]

He killed somebody and wants special treatment

[@crew]

It’s discrimination. All the the other murderers get to stay in the same city where they committed the crime. That’s even more dangerous than sending someone back to where they have no memory of

[@canuck21]

@@crew There's no discrimination. He's not American so off he goes.

[@patcom7085]

I was born in 87, went to the U.S in 89 got deported to Haiti in 2019 over old drug charges. With all due respect to South East Asians, what about every one else?

[@sopharchan2022]

Go tell ur black leader bac where u got deported to help he did that y they help him

[@odesangel]

With all due respect, have you sought support from any Haitian community in America? Whether giving help or receiving help, you begin with those closest to you before you move outward, like layers of an onion. This is how society functions. We can't help others if we can't help ourselves first.

[@davidbatin1699]

Cambodia & the U.S signed a repatriation agreement in 2002 which allowed the U.S to deport any non U.S citizen that committed certain criminal act or felonies. The U.S cannot deport a naturalized U.S citizen convicted of crime. However they can still deport a permanent U.S resident whose carrying a green card if convicted of crime.

[@deltamovieshd9255]

How many Irish, Russian etc criminals have not been deported? Not defending this guy or any other criminals, just asking an honest question.

[@Mf7d89]

How was he traumatized by war if he left at 1 years old? He wouldn’t remember

[@jarrettalyssaneville1122]

He killed a person and God gave him a second chance, though not here but his second chance will be in Cambodia.

[@julie.1081]

What part don't these people get?

[@spurgeonwrightjr.3115]

👋 GOOD THAT HE WAS SENT BACK HOME 🏡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eikichionizuka8335]

Welcome to Cambodia. ENJOY....

[@mariarenteria6132]

Supposedly after Prisión, all inmates goes back to their country we don’t need more criminals in USA 🇺🇸 Streets.

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

Are you a Us citizen? Why is your English so bad? 😂

[@user-fx4yc3ww9t]

Laos and Thailand won’t accept them back, I know a guy that was rotated everywhere in the United States because Laos didn’t want him back.. they kept him for closed to ten years trying to find a way to send him back, he just got released a couple of years ago

[@jabbaweezy]

Those are the consequences. And a deportation isn't a life sentence. He can still come back eventually.

[@tattie278]

I seriously doubt that the US would issue a visa to a convicted murderer of an American citizen 😳.

[@zeroyou3060]

Just so you know, a deportation to Cambodian is life unless the government of his state grants him a pardon.

[@DORAEMON-bw8jk]

He will be fine in Cambodia. His family can send him $100 US dollars a month and he will get by.

[@JohnDoe-ly6bt]

thrash people from thrash country. cambodians are the worst

[@kosan2875]

$100 in cambodia is peanuts. 10 years ago it was something now its nothing.

[@Hollywood24163]

Help people in your country

[@abualofenkasi5634]

There is no excuse.

[@CodyWright-pq3eq]

At least he won't have to put up with having to follow the rules of being on parole.

[@DORAEMON-bw8jk]

Never commit a felony unless you become a US citizen. Facts.

[@Emmy-J]

Um, not even then

[@gosnooky]

To be fair, the Cambodia of today is not the Cambodia of the 1970's. There's lots of opportunity here, especially for an English speaker... and technically, he has no criminal record in Cambodia.

[@jeffhampton2767]

Time to go home you will love it

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

The US literally caused this whole refugee mess to begin with!! They bombed Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam for years!! Give them a break!!

[@canuck21]

OK, but we're talking about criminals here. The guy murdered someone. I wouldn't give these people a break, they don't deserve it.

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

@@canuck21 bro, you’re Native American? I am! Genetically tested! I traced a likely ancestor to the Montana area around 8000 BC! If you’re not one of our people, you shouldn’t have a voice! Your home is in Northern Europe and that’s where you should voice your opinion!

[@NathanBee3]

​@@user-tm5em4vu7u😂

[@Hussle126]

The govt and our military get away with murder all the time

[@rebornshitposter-t4f]

@@user-tm5em4vu7u um you lost your native lands because you weren't careful with immigrants

[@bellaapple2166]

Are you kidding me? These people want us to feel sorry for criminals? No we have enough criminals that are us citizens. He will have a chance to start his life over in his country.

[@Linda30189]

Ship them out. Hells about to break lose as it is.

[@ChosenOne6666]

You gotta to go homie!!!!!

[@sopheakchey5905]

Cambodia have a lot to offer

[@neoinitiative]

No, if you did anything to go to jail or prison, you leave! We have enough of our own criminals! Go be free in your own home countries!

[@Americanwarrior-j1m]

That bill will not pass

[@sandman0000]

How can I apply for deportation for my son who's In a Cambodian jail? he's from south Africa

[@gpl992]

Well why's in Jail in Cambodia for?🤔🥴🧐

[@Americanwarrior-j1m]

SHE SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME OF HER BILL TO THE FAVORITISM BILL

[@Hussle126]

I wouldn’t mind going to Cambodia lots of opportunities

[@denniseballe5582]

Man my case does not even come close to this an i still got deported to the P.I.

[@theeeeaa5874]

🙏🏼

[@deborahfrancois714]

They need to keep all of them in America, that is where they lived, did the crime and jailed there ,so why send them back? ?

[@mariarenteria6132]

Take those criminals with you at your house 🏠,we don’t need more criminals in our country.

[@jannettsnow]

They don't need send him back.

[@fjidfdfjd2459]

@@jannettsnowthey should keep him. this is what happens when the US governments decides to displaced war refugees in African-American/Latino neighborhoods

[@ernst91]

Because he wasn't in the United States legally when he killed someone.

[@chantrearmoeung7780]

ពេល​ខ្លួន​នៅក្មេង​មិនត្រូវស្ដាប់អ្នកមិនល្អទេរ!ដែលបង្រៀនខ្លួនឲធ្វើអាក្រក់ ញុំមានមិត្រអាក្រក់ដែរតែមិនស្ដាប់ជាដាច់ខាត!កាលនៅអាយុ១៨ ១៩ឆ្នាំ អ្នក​ដែលខ្ញុំទុកចិត្ងមានតែព្រះនឹងម្ដាយខ្ញុំតែពីរនាក់នឹងឯង មនុស្យ​នៅជំវិញយើងគេល្អនៅនឹងមុខយើងទេ!! ចងចាំក្មេង"ៗ

[@Napalon793]

THey even support murders

[@sorayagallo1977]

He get what he deserves!

[@mariarenteria6132]

Indeed, those are dangerous criminals.

[@sorayagallo1977]

He should think about the consequences ,before killing another human beings!

[@fjidfdfjd2459]

@@sorayagallo1977 he most likely shot and killed a rival Cambodian gang member so dont pretend like you actually care about the victim or the victim's family🤣

[@fjidfdfjd2459]

Southeast Asian war refugees are just a product of their environment when the US government displaced them in African-American/Latino neighborhoods.

[@fjidfdfjd2459]

btw street gangs in Cambodia are basically unheard of....put these same refugees in predominately white neighborhoods and lets see how they turn out, probably no different from all those other so-called Asian model minorities like the Chinese or Koreans

[@Jewels1366]

They need to be deported

[@gonefishing4204]

We Cambodians need to do better than just being a gangster. Most successful Cambodians I know are so embarrassed to the point they just say they are from Philippine.

[@HighWoody]

They not Cambodian if they claim from being another country. Cambodians are a proud race and everyone respects us.

[@lynksis12]

Thriving successful Cambodian American here. I've never met any other fellow Cambodian claiming to be something we're not.

[@sebastianniqvist3144]

Drive by shooting murder and maybe the victim was just a passerby not even a gang member. He could have even killed innocent children. The US gov has all the right to deport this Cambodian refugee. He pretends to have a moment of clarity after somebody killed his own sister; well how about the person he killed and the family of that victim who suffered. Drive by shooting is not the same as shoplifting.

[@sting114]

Stop crying 😭. Cambodia 🇰🇭 is a prosperous country. There are hundred of thousands of self made millionaires in Cambodia. Just need to work hard in Cambodia. If he stay here in America 🇺🇸 there’s a high chance his baby mother, his kids , all apply for government assistance. Don’t let him stay, deport him ! !

[@outercast9532]

After your comments , you feel proud , highly and mighty of yourself?

[@BookOfMoon1]

​@@outercast9532he not inaccurate. The American flag should stand above all flag in United States. Other flag can be flown nut under uncle Sam. And yes we feel mighty as American. You say it bad yet every one want to come here even though it racist and bad for minority. But have you seen how much those country average wage is? There Canada or Mexico were he can migrant. Just take a airplane and visit it simple.

[@outercast9532]

@@BookOfMoon1 👍 🙏

[@SM-wr9nb]

Some of these people who committed minor offenses should've been given second chances instead of deportation. However, majority of these people threw away the American dream by choosing to associate with gangs and violence.

[@user-fx4yc3ww9t]

Doesn’t matter if it’s minor, it can take years but eventually they’ll find you

[@FBA1979]

FBA!!!!!!

[@ddniidn8426]

As he should, i dont sympathize criminal

[@freedomofspeech75]

ask if you committed the same crime in Cambodia (or any other countries) then what you get ?

[@Mixx-qx7ld]

My people doesn't have a country what happens in that case...??????

[@nick4088]

Ship him back. He can think about it in Cambodian. What about the victim. Can the dead guy come back. He was deported to the grave. Americans know already. We just want the rules to be upheld.

[@user-yb6gp8yb4l]

Being punished like this is no wrong, just because they now changed the law they shouldn't be back dated and deported people after they've served the time and punished they've been sentence too. Its just like you stealing a candy 10 yrs ago, now that they change the penalty to jail time rather them a fine then the cops comes grab ya for stealing 10yrs ago. And this is the democracy country

[@armyantlocsta]

I love immigrants. However, he should probably be deported. He wasn’t born here but he took a life here. Seems fair.

[@fjidfdfjd2459]

he most likely took the life of a rival Cambodian gangbanger, so dont pretend like you care about the victim or the victim's family🤣

[@ELCipote]

You killed someone. Bye

[@sal8331]

Cambodian law bro

[@saravuthchhou9900]

Most peoples don't realized he was in America all his life, all he know is English. He have a chance to become american citizen, he choose not too. But wanna be a gangs members. He lucky he not even doing lifes. He took a body. He deserves to be deported. He even lucky he going to Cambodia. There are gangs members that are gangs and never shot or killed noone.

[@teresasmith4145]

🌹 God 🤣 is growing you up😘🌹♥️♥️♥️♥️🌈🕊️

[@JhonnyPets]

2 steps just more and bring the shower and have some bath 🚿 life is boring without water & minerals !

[@lucassantiagogarcia1239]

BYE BYE

[@pinkishposh6201]

He is not aware how lucky to be raised in the US not Cambodia or Khmer. I’m sure he will realized this well after getting first paycheck in Cambodia😂😂😂😂 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🎉🎉🎉

[@Itried20takennames]

Yeah, once an adult I think most would be more appreciative, ……BUT imagine if, as kid, your family had to flee your country as it collapsed into truly grotesque suffering and torture, and then that your parents are struggling with 10 kids in a new, strange country, with you getting bullied for being poor and for not speaking the new language you are learning well enough. Would you feel “lucky”? I don’t think most would, although as adults they would get it and be much more appreciative. And another issue is that, especially 20 years ago before everyone had good, high speed Internet - it was tricky to tell the difference between “citizenship” and “permanent residence,” and many thought that “permanent residence” was fine….which it is for many. I have a Canadian relatives who has lived in the US for near 60 years…..but as a resident, not a citizen.

[@abualofenkasi5634]

@@Itried20takennames that is no excuse.

[@CodyWright-pq3eq]

Don't work like that. In Cambodia returnees are red flagged and barred from any kind of gainful employment. Most of them have to resort to crime in order to survive once they get back.

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

What’s the average wage there? How much for the ladies now? I heard the ladies started charging high prices. Back in 2012 they were way cheaper!

[@BARCELONA_DRAGONS]

🇰🇭➡️TPS 2024

[@teresasmith4145]

Good boy🌹 you have overcome❣️ God is very proud of you❣️🎉🌄🕊️

[@abualofenkasi5634]

What?

[@TheInsultInvestor]

its the cult sickness @@abualofenkasi5634

[@g19-wic61]

Thanks to Bill Clinton for the crime bill.

[@FBA1979]

Immigrant Power Grab!!

[@Assertiveman]

How many people you know made horrible mistakes but are actually good people, i knew some mexicans who came to america as babies and then end up in low poverty area, become traumatized and end up joining a gang because they are scared thats whole reason why people join gangs because their scared they feel out numbered same senerio tje mexican dude i knew did 20 years then got deported this dude was smart he knew english very good because he grew up in america, he was actually americanized then he got deported last time he called me was about 5 months ago telling me he was homeless in mexico scared, in my head i was like isnt that one of the reasons you joined a gang he said yeah so i told dont fear anybody, when its your time to d its your time you cannot live a life in fear its no way to live, i hope hes gotten a job and gotten stable, make the best of situation i truly believe you'll eventually become stable

[@jannettsnow]

He served, our country, and the United States do this it's wrong f our f government

[@emsauce75]

Uhhh. No he didn't.

[@butbunsin9044]

All vote count

[@dvosburg1966]

Sniff.

[@dnlpark]

Just come back to the US through Mexico...everyone else is

[@siambulldog1]

Killer? Get them out!

[@Leenbackchill]

Surprise a immigrant want no deportation