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May 2, 2025

Bhutanese Community in U.S. Targeted in Trump's Brutal Immigrant Crackdown
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The Bhutanese immigrant community says at least "a dozen" of its members
have been caught up in the Trump administration's brutal detention and
deportation crackdown. Those targeted are refugees who fled persecution
of Bhutan's ethnic Nepali community and came to the U.S. under a program
started nearly two decades ago by President George W. Bush. Their
immigration status is not in question, but they've reportedly been
targeted because they have criminal records.


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