Fleeing war – that’s how Sivath Yaing’s sister, Joanna, says they came to the United States from Cambodia with their parents. A total of nine. The family found their home in Georgia 35 years ago.
Yaing was deported last December after getting a notice from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September. “But in Sivath’s case,” attorney Van Huynh says,”it was particular that he received a notice to check in within a week.”