<description>&lt;p&gt;Sithy Yi and her family fled Cambodia to the U.S. following the takeover of their home country by the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. But Yi&amp;rsquo;s visa application process has taken years, and despite complying with ICE, she&amp;rsquo;s been detained. LAist Watchdog Correspondent Jordan Rynning joins us to breakdown Yi&amp;rsquo;s story and how new policy changes from the Trump administration will affect Yi&amp;rsquo;s fate and the legal status of so many other immigrants like her.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Grow your business&amp;ndash;no matter what stage you&amp;rsquo;re in. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at &lt;a href="http://shopify.com/paradise"&gt;SHOPIFY.COM/paradise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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LAist Studios

Imperfect Paradise: A Cambodian Genocide survivor was undergoing the legal immigration process and had protections against deportation. So why was she detained by ICE indefinitely?

JAN 30, 202623 MIN
Norco 80

Imperfect Paradise: A Cambodian Genocide survivor was undergoing the legal immigration process and had protections against deportation. So why was she detained by ICE indefinitely?

JAN 30, 202623 MIN

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Sithy Yi and her family fled Cambodia to the U.S. following the takeover of their home country by the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. But Yi’s visa application process has taken years, and despite complying with ICE, she’s been detained. LAist Watchdog Correspondent Jordan Rynning joins us to breakdown Yi’s story and how new policy changes from the Trump administration will affect Yi’s fate and the legal status of so many other immigrants like her. Grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.COM/paradise Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.