Deported Cambodian Legal Resident: success story

[FalseHopes]

Here's a success story regarding Deportation of "LEGAL RESIDENTS" in the United States of America. When ever i read anything on the Internet, people like to make false assertions, claiming: "they deserved it, they come here illegally, they have no rights". But not all immigrants are "illegals". I sense they are justifying their torment of treating humans this way by labeling all as "illegals".

With all the sad stories floating around concerning deportation, this has a happy ending, and only fortifies my feelings of wanting to be deported.

Deported Cambodian breakdancer makes a difference with at-risk kids
"Performing for President Bill Clinton and changing the lives of 5,000 kids all in a day's work for expelled b-boy Tuy Sobil"

From Time.com, "Tuy Sobil, who goes by the street name K.K., joined the Crips in Long Beach, Calif., when he was 13, started smoking crack, and was in jail for armed robbery by the time he was 18. After serving two years in Taft Prison in California and another three years in an immigration detention facility, the U.S. deported him to Cambodia in 2004." That's quite a rap sheet, and at first glance his deportation is wholly defensible. Except that Tuy cleaned up his act after being released from prison and was deported anyway.


Tuy's story isn't new, and neither is the story of those summarily deported from the U.S.. What sets Tuy's story apart from the rest is what he's done with his life since being shipped back to Cambodia.

Tuy was a champion breakdancer in the U.S., and once he recognized that his talents could be put to good use in Cambodia, he started Tiny Toones and, "In less than five years, the organization has grown to reach more than 5,000 kids every year at its six sites, most in the heart of Phnom Penh's slums. Though Tiny Toones started off as a breakdancing group, it quickly expanded to include computer literacy, art, HIV/AIDS prevention, and lessons in English and Khmer, the local language." He even performed for President Bill Clinton in Hong Kong.

It's not hard to see how his non-profit group took off. Hip-hop music and dance in Asia have remained popular over the years with stories of breakdancing grannies in China, freesyle dancing Japanese rockabillies in Japan, and the influence of K-Pop, J-Pop and western music.

I cannot post the source yet, due to my amount of posts.

[MandyMeMe]

It's not all peaches and gravy in the USA..you can make a life out side of the US! It take dedication and hard work...but it can be done!

[FalseHopes]

Originally Posted by MandyMeMe

It's not all peaches and gravy in the USA..you can make a life out side of the US! It take dedication and hard work...but it can be done!

i completely agree

when i was first hit with the news of my deportation, i was shocked. I did not want to leave my family, my friends, my home... i was young (19).

but now that im an adult, i have changed my mind.

I don't like how the US is acting, they have become arrogant. They think this country is the best, and everyone is dying to come here. During the 70s and 80s, they needed immigrants to help boost the economy, so they eased up immigration quotas. Well now that they no longer need these people, they are finding loopholes to get rid of them.

This country is going downhill. The economy sucks. Our Government is full of corrupt politicians. Our food supply is full of chemicals. Our water supply is full of chemicals. Jobs are leaving. Tax you to death. Liberties/rights are being challenged. Morals are absent. Family value is non-existent. The poor is getting poorer, while the rich is becoming richer. The gap is wider now than anytime in our history. The middle class is becoming extinct.