It’s the 21st century, wouldn’t you think that by now we would fix mistakes that we’ve made in the past or even consider changing a couple policy’s here and there. Times have changed, the world is moving fast, yet we still live in the past by our laws. Now I 'm not saying that the laws are wrong, however with such act’s as the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty we should consider reviewing them over and seeing if it is just in the century we currently live in. These policy’s made more than a decade ago have harshly been affecting non-citizens of the United States of America.
Cambodian refugees are being sentenced back to their home country with no chance to appeal or fight for their right to stay, well technically they where never given …show more content…
Approximately their has been 212 Cambodian refuges deported back to Cambodia between June 2002 and September 2009. (cite) According to the textbook Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History the United States government has sent back an older man in his mid 80’s. This shows that it doesn 't matter the age, situation, or how long a person may have been living here, the United States government will send back whoever is listed on the deportation list. In 2010 a report done by Fordham Law School’s Leitner Center for International Law and Justice acknowledge the case of a Cambodian refugee mother who was deported back to Cambodia although having a 9 year old child back in the United States. The mother has very little to no contact at all with her child. She cannot afford a phone and long distance calls to her child, instead she carries around photos of her child with her everyday. Also found in the report there has been a total of 6 suicides committed by Cambodian deportees. Reported by CNN a man named Dally Chang was deported back to Cambodia by the United State government even though he had a wife, Ana Marie Cruz, with a child on the way and 3 kids. Ana Marie Cruz struggles to make ends meet for her and her four children, she is considered a single mother working a receptionist job at a law firm and is married to a man who lives in another …show more content…
I believe that it is of course fair that the United States allowed the Cambodian refugees to come in and settle on our land for free and have them deported back to their home country once they have commit a viscous crime such as murder, rape terrorism, kidnapping, assault, arson, etc. However if the crime is considered a petty crime such as shoplifting, disturbing the peace, underage drinking, drunkenness, etc. then in my opinion I believe we should allow these people the opportunity to prove that their actions will never be done again and that if in the future they commit a crime again they cannot appeal and must be deported. The practice is not completely fair in my opinion, however I do agree partially those who view it as fair and
Cambodian refugees are being sentenced back to their home country with no chance to appeal or fight for their right to stay, well technically they where never given …show more content…
Approximately their has been 212 Cambodian refuges deported back to Cambodia between June 2002 and September 2009. (cite) According to the textbook Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History the United States government has sent back an older man in his mid 80’s. This shows that it doesn 't matter the age, situation, or how long a person may have been living here, the United States government will send back whoever is listed on the deportation list. In 2010 a report done by Fordham Law School’s Leitner Center for International Law and Justice acknowledge the case of a Cambodian refugee mother who was deported back to Cambodia although having a 9 year old child back in the United States. The mother has very little to no contact at all with her child. She cannot afford a phone and long distance calls to her child, instead she carries around photos of her child with her everyday. Also found in the report there has been a total of 6 suicides committed by Cambodian deportees. Reported by CNN a man named Dally Chang was deported back to Cambodia by the United State government even though he had a wife, Ana Marie Cruz, with a child on the way and 3 kids. Ana Marie Cruz struggles to make ends meet for her and her four children, she is considered a single mother working a receptionist job at a law firm and is married to a man who lives in another …show more content…
I believe that it is of course fair that the United States allowed the Cambodian refugees to come in and settle on our land for free and have them deported back to their home country once they have commit a viscous crime such as murder, rape terrorism, kidnapping, assault, arson, etc. However if the crime is considered a petty crime such as shoplifting, disturbing the peace, underage drinking, drunkenness, etc. then in my opinion I believe we should allow these people the opportunity to prove that their actions will never be done again and that if in the future they commit a crime again they cannot appeal and must be deported. The practice is not completely fair in my opinion, however I do agree partially those who view it as fair and