Deportations of Vietnamese, Cambodians leave Bay Area Asian immigrants shaken

San Jose Mercury ^ | November 9, 2017 | Tatiana Sanchez

[artichokegrower]

More than 200 Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants across the Bay Area and nationwide were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October in never-before-seen roundups that have left communities shocked and fearful, according to local and national immigration activists.

[artichokegrower]

“I think there’s this really common notion in the Vietnamese community that after the Vietnam War we all made it; we’re all U.S. citizens, we’re here and the government is going to support us,” said VietUnity activist Giao Tran. “We really need to dispel this myth that we’re here and we made it and the administration has our best interest in mind. We need to stand up for each other when our safety and daily life is at threat of being disrupted.”

Welcome to America. We Americans are standing up for each other and acting when immigrants disrupt our daily life and safety.

[Parley Baer]

Illegals being sent back.

[cardinal4]

Tatiana Sanchez?

[Lurkinanloomin]

ALL illegal aliens should be sent back to whatever country they are from.

[SpaceBar]

I seriously doubt that they would shed a tear if an American living in Phnom Pen or Ho Chi Mihn city was arrested and deported.

[Jarhead9297]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning!

[piasa]

Sounds like communists being sent back:

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[tumblindice]

Not immigrants—foreigners squatting here illegally. Immigrants here legally have nothing to worry about.

[Tennessee Nana]

If it hasn’t been seen before then someone wasn’t enforcing the law and protecting American citizens...

[Fungi]

Emotion—a nation of men. Truth— a nation of laws. Lex Rex.

[marktwain]

It is a tough decision.

The progressives kept using our dollars to attract illegals and made sure there was little to no enforcement.

Bad for the illegals. I probably would have done the same in their shoes.

The fault lies with the progressives from both parties. Both us and the illegals suffer from their lies and duplicity.

[piasa]

Yep. Communists:

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I'll bet the real Vietnamese community- the boat people and their kin- are going to be relieved to see these pinkos shipped back.

[Eddie01]

GTFOut

[lee martell]

A lot of Asian American communities in the Bay Area have been harrassed by Asian gangs for the last few years.
Maybe these ‘surprise’ deportations are removing or reducing that problem. Let’s hope so. The home invasions are often quite violent.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Good. This is long overdue.

[piasa]

VietUnity .... helped organize Vietnamese truck drivers at the Port of Oakland... according to the Mercury News. Well, isn’t that comforting to know our port security must suck.

[RightGeek]

[Bigg Red]

Exactly. But people who write junk like this don’t want anyone to say that.

[samadams2000]

Thanks for coming!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

But I thought Trump only had a hard-on for Latinos. The MSM told me so! /sarc