Dozens of Cambodian-Americans who have established their lives in the U.S. may be forced to leave a nation they consider home. More than 100 Cambodian-Americans have been detained across the country within the past month and could be facing deportation, according to a recent statement from the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, or SEARAC. “With over 100 people rounded up this month, we’ve never seen anything like this,” Quyen Dinh, executive director of SEARAC, told HuffPost. “In the vast majority of cases, we are talking about people who came to the United States as children fleeing genocide with their families. As a response, the Trump administration imposed visa sanctions on the country, preventing high-ranking officials and their families from traveling to the United States.

Source: Huffington Post October 26, 2017 22:41 UTC