Borey Ai served his sentence for second-degree murder and is fighting deportation to Cambodia, a country he has never seen.
The advocacy groups have travelled and organized to increase public awareness in several states with large immigrant populations, including California, New York and some Midwestern states.
Phal Sok was released early, in 2015, for good conduct under an initiative aimed at aiding juvenile offenders, but was later detained by ICE for deportation to Cambodia under the rules of a repatriation agreement signed between the US and Cambodia in 2002.
An activist said the retirement of Ed Royce, a prominent Republican critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, would be a loss to the Cambodian-American community.
Incumbent Jim Costa, a seasoned politician, beat Elizabeth Heng 54.4 percent to 45.6 percent, according to the State’s primary results.
The appeal was made at a meeting of the Overseas Khmer Summit (OKS) in Washington, DC, attended by Cambodian-Americans from several US states.
President Trump’s Republican Party had held the balance of power in all three branches of government prior to the vote, which saw the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives.
Bopha Malone lost her bid to become a Democratic candidate but she was part of a wave of women running for office, a move that “inspired” younger women in the community to follow her.
A lawsuit alleging Harvard University discriminates against Asian-Americans could affect different groups differently.
Genocide survivors say they will no longer be oppressed by the emotional trauma of their past, tamp down fear of government to have seat at the table in Long Beach City Council
In her first run for office, Republican Elizabeth Heng, 33, is taking on Democrat Jim Costa, 66, who is likely to win once again in the 16th Congressional District
The long-serving Washington Khmer community leader Tun Sovan recently retired from his community leader role after some four decades of public service.
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