Depoting

In the article “Deporting Cambodian Refugees – Youth Activism, State Reform, and Imperial Statecraft” by Soo Ah Kwan, it talks about the injustice of deportation in the United States. It is really injustice because the U.S. does not give deportation victims a chance to redeem themselves.  The “illegal aliens” automatically get deported to their “home countries,” regardless if you are a citizen and if you a US resident.  So the main groups who are affected by deportation are Cambodian men.  There is this organization called Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL) who is helping to repeal the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.  So AYPAL’s purpose is to promote social justice, youth community involvement and youth leadership and they main campaign was to end deportation.  In this case, the youth have been really involved in spreading the message via grass root organizing, which is building a mass base of community support and awareness around the issue of deportation.  I think it is really injustice of our system to choose certain groups to deport.  In addition, US system does not allow the deportees to have any form of back up to protect them to stay.  Which leaves this even more injustice for their families and the deportees themselves.  First, most of the deportees grew up in the American culture and they are used to this custom.  If they were to go to Cambodia, they would have to readjust everything and start from point A.  Plus, they would not be respected the people there because they also see them as criminals.  As for families, the text mentions that it would affect the mothers heavily because it reminds of the war when they would have to give up their husband, father or sons.  In this case, U.S. are not holding accountable for other factors that it leads.