Deportation fears rise among undocumented Asians in Southern California as policies shift
- Georgia barber Rodney Taylor, recently engaged, was arrested by ICE agents and faces deportation to Liberia despite leaving the country as a toddler.
- Taylor's planned deportation is based on a felony burglary conviction from when he was 19, though he received a pardon in 2010.
- Taylor, a double amputee detained at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, arrived in the US for medical treatment and was awaiting green card approval after being out of status.
- According to Taylor, his detention has been terrible, and he has been unable to get needed accommodations or adequate medical care, while attorney Charles Kuck attributes the increased detentions to the Trump administration's focus on 'easy cases' flagged by updated computer systems.
- Amidst the Trump administration's expanded deportation campaign, Taylor's fiancee, Mildred Pierre, held a health fair on his behalf that provided medical services to over 100 people, as Taylor's attorney hopes to secure his release on bond at an upcoming immigration hearing.
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Deportation fears rise among undocumented Asians in Southern California as policies shift
Duc never imagined his past mistakes would cost him everything. Brought to the U.S. as an infant in the 1980s, Duc, a Vietnamese refugee, has always considered the U.S. his home. But after serving time for a felony drug conviction, he learned that his green card had been revoked, and he now faces deportation to Vietnam, a country he has never called home. “I didn’t know they could do that,” said Duc, who asked to be identified by a nickname for …
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