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Wrongfully Detained Cambodian Genocide Survivor Sithy Yi Details Despicable Conditions She Suffered at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in American Community Media

In a recent interview with American Community Media, Sithy Yi spoke publicly for the first time, detailing the nearly two months she spent detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center following her arrest and wrongful detainment by ICE in January 2026, despite having a pending visa application and existing legal protections against deportation.  Reeves Immigration … Continued

Kim Luu-Ng’s Representation of Wrongfully Detained Cambodian Genocide Survivor Profiled in LAist and American Community Media

Kim Luu-Ng was recently quoted in LAist and American Community Media regarding her representation of Sithy Yi, a Cambodian genocide survivor and grandmother of eight, who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in on January 8, 2026. Kim has represented Ms. Yi for more than a decade. She served as … Continued

Kim Luu-Ng Joins LAist AirTalk To Discuss ICE Enforcement and Worker Rights in Light of Restaurant Opening

Kim Luu-Ng was recently featured on the LAist AirTalk podcast alongside her husband, Chef Bryant Ng, following the opening of their new Santa Monica restaurant, Jade Rabbit. The interview profiles the couple’s culinary background and the launch of their fast-casual Chinese American concept, while exploring broader concerns related to the impacts of federal immigration enforcement … Continued

Latest Immigration News

It has been another week filled with news stories about immigration. Here are some of the things immigration lawyers and advocates are talking about. -17th immigrant dies in ICE custody. Only 8 died all of last year. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/17th-immigrant-dies-ice-custody-twice-many-last-fiscal-year-n1236152 -Is President Trump trying to further limit immigration by calling it “merit-based” immigration reform? https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/08/06/h-1b-visas-and-trumps-next-merit-based-immigration-plan/#64af69bc79bd -Make sure … Continued

ICE Raids – Will I Be Arrested Next?

Immigrant communities across the nation are terrified about an ICE raid coming to their neighborhood. These raids, conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, include federal officers arresting undocumented immigrants who do not have permission to reside in the United States.

ICE Raids Causing Panic In Immigrant Communities – Is There A Solution?

In recent weeks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has carried out targeted raids nationwide as part of their efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. These raids have occurred in California and Florida and many places in between. These raids have resulted in the break-up of families, individuals losing their jobs, and countless people scared to leave their homes and lead their normal lives.

DACA is Ending

As anticipated, the Trump Administration, through Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today the end of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (commonly known as “DACA”) program with a six-month delay for enactment. The delay is to allow Congress to enact legislation that will address the immigration status of those currently in the DACA program. Whether Congress will take any steps in this regard and, if so, what steps they will be are questions to which no one has answers right now.

Trump, the Executive Orders & You!

Exactly one week after his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order which banned entry of noncitizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, halted U.S. refugee admissions, and suspended the nonimmigrant visa interview waiver program. Signed on January 27, 2017, the executive order seeks to protect the nation from entry of foreign terrorists, but consequently led to a series of nationwide protests, Constitutional challenges, and agency confusion at ports of entry and with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

There May Be A Solution For Immigrants Despite Travel Bans and Raids

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reinstate President Trump’s ban on refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.  Therefore, refugees and citizens of these countries will continue to be admitted to the U.S. for now.  This is not a final decision on whether President Trump’s Executive Order was lawful, but rather simply a decision that prohibits President Trump’s administration from enforcing the travel ban until after the courts have ruled on whether the Executive Order itself is lawful.