There are about 600 here since they started sending them back in 2002. They estimate that another 200 could arrive this year, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement is tracking 1,900 Cambodians who are subject to orders of removal from the United States.
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While President Trump has brought renewed attention to the fate of legal and illegal immigrants alike, deportations of Cambodians began in 2002, when the government of Cambodia signed a repatriation agreement with the Bush administration. So far, around 600 legal permanent residents of Cambodian descent have been deported from the United States, many directly from prison.
The number is likely to increase significantly this year, as Mr. Trump cracks down on green card holders with criminal records. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracks 1,900 Cambodians who are subject to orders of removal from the United States.
The Khmer Vulnerability Aid Organization, which receives American funding to help deportees start new lives in Cambodia, expects around 200 people to arrive this year. Around 100 Cambodians who had already completed their prison terms were rounded up in immigration raids in October.