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Their husbands were deported to Laos. Now they’re picking up the pieces together

When two Providence men were detained and deported to Laos in May, their wives were left feeling helpless and without a path forward.  The two women – Cassie Souvannaxa and Tina Phommachan – didn’t know each other well until this year. That changed when they started visiting their husbands at the Wyatt Detention Center in […]

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‘There’s an escalation’: Southeast Asians in R.I. confront deportation threats

Members of Rhode Island’s Southeast Asian community say parallels exist between America’s intervention in Vietnam and President Trump’s current efforts to detain and deport Southeast Asians living in the U.S. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with two people who helped organize a rally in Providence on Monday to protest the administration’s policies. Sarath Suong is […]

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