Cambodian Refugee's Family, Attorney Await Word on Deportation Case

Cambodian Refugee's Family, Attorney Await Word on Deportation Case

The family of a Santa Ana woman detained during a routine check-in with immigration officials has more than doubled its goal for legal expenses, which are mounting as her attorneys fight to keep her from being sent back to Cambodia where she escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide, her lawyer said Thursday. Sithy Yi, who is being held at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Adelanto, is awaiting word on her writ of habeas corpus…