He was deported for a crime he committed as a teen. Now a 30-year-old Cambodian refugee is back home in California

The hip-hop hit “A Lot,” by the rapper 21 Savage, boomed through the speakers at Phnom Penh’s Cool Lounge, the rapid-fire verses spilling from the bar onto the Cambodian capital’s hectic streets.

“Been through some things, but I couldn’t imagine my kids stuck at the border,” rapped the British-born artist who was recently detained in the U.S. on suspicion of overstaying his 2006 visa.

In full: https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-cambodia-us-deportations-20190306-story.html

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