‘Deported but not defeated’: the Southeast Asians cast out of Trump’s US
- Posted on February 8, 2026
- By South China Morning Post
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‘Deported but not defeated’: the Southeast Asians cast out of Trump’s US

Born in a Thai refugee camp and raised in Texas, Kham Paneboun is now stateless in Laos, one of thousands punished again for old crimes.