By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com
Lowell Sun (Mass., USA)
BOSTON -- A 22-year-old Lowell man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was ordered deported to his native Cambodia six months ago, but is still behind bars at the Suffolk County House of Correction.
Samoeun Phroeun, formerly of 38 Grace St., Lowell, was convicted in Jan. 4, 2004, of larceny and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail. He had returned home when officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) knocked on his door on Nov. 28, 2006, and took him into custody to be deported.
Phroeun claims in his lawsuit that he is being unlawfully detained because his country does not have a repatriation agreement with the United States, according to court documents.
Phroeun argues that "an alien" who has been detained beyond six months should be released when the government is unable to present documented confirmation that the foreign government will accept that person.
No one from ICE was available for comment.
Samoeun Phroeun, formerly of 38 Grace St., Lowell, was convicted in Jan. 4, 2004, of larceny and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail. He had returned home when officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) knocked on his door on Nov. 28, 2006, and took him into custody to be deported.
Phroeun claims in his lawsuit that he is being unlawfully detained because his country does not have a repatriation agreement with the United States, according to court documents.
Phroeun argues that "an alien" who has been detained beyond six months should be released when the government is unable to present documented confirmation that the foreign government will accept that person.
No one from ICE was available for comment.
9 comments:
Good luck,try calling ACLU too?
If you don't obtain citizenship in America, you might as well live in shit. How hard is it to invest in your life? Get a citizenship. It's not that hard. If it seems hard, hire someone in Lowell. There's a bunch of immigration lawyers and specialist there.
He has to know that the Cambodian government has agreed (bribed in some way) to a repatriation agreement years ago. Most likely, it's bye-bye.
Wrong, all contracts are void whenever government sign it under pressure and desperate for foreign aids for the country.
I knew someone in PP said, after the US deported 2000 Cambodian people back to their home land last year, there are about 80 of them were thrown for Hun Sen's crocodiles.
Aye, 80 are not enough. We got to do better. We don't want our crocodiles to be skinny. That is clearly an animal rights violation.
2:06 PM,
That's a good one!
Certainly, these crocs are famished. If they died, you'll be charged for criminal negligence for starving the animals; also, it is a clear violations of animial rights.
MOI
It's good that you guys find this amusing.
dude thats one of the things that you don't wanna do, is to file a lawsuit. Because DHS can just make the process faster by putting more money on the table to take him back.
Lawsuit already went to the Supreme Court, it's called Kim Ho Ma if you want to look it up. Deportable aliens cannot be held over six months. It was right after that case that this Chimpanzee in the White House twisted the Cambodian Govt's arm to sign an extradition treaty.
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