Unfair Cambodian Refugee Deportations

Phorm Tem, a California resident, was deported in October 2017.

In June 2020, he was sworn in as a U.S. citizen.

Tem’s story is symbolic of the plight that many Southeast Asian refugees – from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos - who fled their countries as young children during the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

Except that he is the only Cambodian deportee to overcome his conviction to win naturalization.

And after 2017, under America's new political leadership, the number of deported Cambodian refugees has grown almost 280%.

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The Immigration Mastermind

The Immigration Mastermind is a podcast for immigrants and their families that shares tips, insights, and tidbits to help guide the quest for permanent residence and citizenship in the United States. The podcast strives to build knowledge, while dispelling myths in short bite-sized, easy-to-understand snippets of pull-no-punches information.

Designed for both immigrant families who have already started the immigration process and those just starting to think about their journey, the Immigration Mastermind provides a mix of expert tips about legal rules, insights about breaking news, and tidbits to help immigrants and their families to keep their chin up, even when the road to success seems to be a never-ending road.

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Carlos Batara

Carlos Batara is an immigration lawyer, author, educator, public speaker, and online talk show host. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he has cared for, protected, and guided immigrants from over 100 countries on their journeys to the United States. His goal is to help at least one family from every nation in the world before he calls it quits.

With family roots from Mexico, Spain, and the Philippines, as well as Native American, Greek, and Turkish ancestry, he brings a broad multicultural background to the practice of immigration law.

Combined with knowledge gained from advanced studies in international relations and constitutional politics, Carlos is always willing to speak his mind openly on immigration issues.