In a rare motion initiated by a US immigration lawyer, a Cambodian deportee returned to San Francisco to be reunited with his family after the US Supreme Court ruled that his crime was not a deportable offence. Asian Law Caucus attorney Kevin Lo yesterday said the US embassy in Phnom Penh has sanctioned the return of 29-year-old Veasna Meth. Mr Meth was removed from the United States in 2014 after he was convicted of residential burglary.

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Mr Lo said Mr Meth’s conviction is no longer a deportable offence after the court ruled the crime as not a “crime of violence” in Sessions vs Dinaya.“Mr Meth’s return from deportation gives hope that others will also be able to reunite with their families in the United States,” Mr Lo said. He noted that the return of Mr Meth marks the second time a deportee is able to return to the US. “We have already succeeded in two cases for deportees to return and we plan to file more in the future,” Mr Lo said.

 

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