American mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language
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American mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language
Posted by LegitimateFoot3666
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So… if we read the article she’s not actually an American citizen. She’s Thai, got convicted of a crime, and as a result her US residency was revoked. She even signed a document agreeing that she’d get a deportation order. She’s a victim of her own actions and maybe her lawyers’ counsel. I assume she’ll be deported from Laos back to Thailand at some point, but this case doesn’t seem to be very noteworthy compared to other stuff Trump might be up to.
>Yang was born in Thailand and was a legal permanent US resident until she pleaded guilty to marijuana-related charges and served more than 2 years in prison. She took the plea deal after her attorney incorrectly stated it wouldn’t affect her legal permanent residency, which was later revoked, the *Journal Sentinel* reports.
>Yang says she would’ve taken a longer sentence to keep her legal residency.
>“I made a mistake and I know that it was wrong,” she told the outlet. “But I served the time for it already.”
> Yang was born in Thailand and was a legal permanent US resident until she pleaded guilty to marijuana-related charges and served more than 2 years in prison.
Buried the lede here.
On one hand, I hate the intentional cruelty of the Trump Administration. However, if the country is going to vote for tougher immigration enforcement, you’re not going to have a hard time generating sympathy for someone convicted of a felony.
And I guess hindsight is 20/20, but this woman was a permanent resident for 25 years before she was charged. She lived through the entire first Trump Administration that was deporting permanent residents. I understand the application costs a few hundred dollars (unless you’re below the poverty line), and that can be a barrier for some people. But this could have been entirely avoided.