"You Don't Deserve to Be Here": The Debate Around the Deportation of Vietnamese “Crimi
The issue of deportations is not new to the Vietnamese community. Following the mass exodus of our people from Vietnam – men, women, children – Vietnamese communities formed all around the world in countries that were willing to take in refugees. The forced migration of Vietnamese people around the world did not suddenly transform us into model citizens. In dealing with the trauma of war and survival, some refugees acted out violently or turned to drugs to cope. Our struggles