I was just reading about some Cambodians that grew up in America but were deported. Many have trouble adjusting to their new environment since few remember much about Cambodia and many are not picking up the language well. All of them consider themselves American. Others that were deported had to leave families behind in America. Many cannot find a societal niche after arriving in Cambodia which is still largely feudal as far as societal structure goes and so they are essentially pariahs in Cambodian society.

Sounds terrible until you find out they were deported for committing crimes. When you come into my country, I expect you to obey my country's laws or get out. I've been to quite a number of foreign nations and always respected their laws. If I didn't, I'd deserve to be kicked out.

The other thing about the expatriated Cambodians is that all of them could have long ago become citizens but put off undergoing the naturalization process not feeling it necessary despite knowing they were not legal citizens. Apparently, they thought that just feeling like an American was enough to make them one and could therefore break and violate America's laws.

So, in the end, they get no sympathy from me. They were deported because they deserved to be. You want to emigrate here, do it legally and behave yourself while you are here. Violate either of those and you'll be taking one-way trip and I see nothing whatsoever wrong with that policy. We don't owe immigrants anything. It is up to them to show us they belong here.