Rhode Island’s Lao community left reeling after deportations

Rhode Island’s Lao community left reeling after deportations

Olivia Detsavanh holds her phone so that Marcos Beato can talk to her uncle, Mike Detsavanh, during a fundraiser at the Brightridge Club in East Providence on Oct. 19, 2024. Both Beato and Mike Detsavanh were barbers at a barbershop on Smith Street in Providence. Mike Detsavanh and Olivia’s father John Detsavanh were being held at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls at the time. (Photo by Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current)To someone p…