"Lost Boyz" (by Stuart Isett)

Ya Chhan weeps and prays as she explains why her son shouldn't be deported from the United States.

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Ya Chhan weeps and prays as she explains why her son shouldn't be deported from the United States.
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'Yuster', originally from California, shoots up ICE in a Phnom Penh public restroom.

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'Yuster', originally from California, shoots up ICE in a Phnom Penh public restroom.
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Nearly a year since he was deported, Chan, aka Rascal, hung himself and is carried by his fellow deportees to his cremation. Phnom Penh.

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Nearly a year since he was deported, Chan, aka Rascal, hung himself and is carried by his fellow deportees to his cremation. Phnom Penh.
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Nearly a year since he was deported, Chan, aka Rascal, hung himself. Phnom Penh.

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Nearly a year since he was deported, Chan, aka Rascal, hung himself. Phnom Penh.
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Rain wakes up after a month in a coma after a motorcycle accident while he was drunk and high. Phnom Penh.

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Rain wakes up after a month in a coma after a motorcycle accident while he was drunk and high. Phnom Penh.
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Chu cruises the streets at night looking for a place to crash since he is homeless. Phnom Penh.

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Chu cruises the streets at night looking for a place to crash since he is homeless. Phnom Penh.
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Chu uses a net phone to talk to his mother who hangs up when he asks for money. Chu cruises the streets at night looking for a place to crash since he is homeless. Phnom Penh.

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Chu uses a net phone to talk to his mother who hangs up when he asks for money. Chu cruises the streets at night looking for a place to crash since he is homeless. Phnom Penh.
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Dicer says goodbye to his Mom at the Phnom Penh airport before she returns to the USA.

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Dicer says goodbye to his Mom at the Phnom Penh airport before she returns to the USA.
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Dicer with his mother-in-law, wait for his new bride. Phnom Penh.

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Dicer with his mother-in-law, wait for his new bride. Phnom Penh.
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Youngster and Trip smoke a joint after leaving church. Phnom Penh.

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Youngster and Trip smoke a joint after leaving church. Phnom Penh.
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Youngster and Trip attend a store front church. Phnom Penh.

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Youngster and Trip attend a store front church. Phnom Penh.
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Yuster stores his drug kit in his Bible. Phnom Penh.

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Yuster stores his drug kit in his Bible. Phnom Penh.
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After shooting up ICE, Yuster hist the streets of Phnom Penh wearing a Cambodian flag.

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After shooting up ICE, Yuster hist the streets of Phnom Penh wearing a Cambodian flag.
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Var Chan, aka. Chan, aka. Rascal, who committed suicide 3 days before at the age of 34, is cremated. Chan had been in Cambodia for a year since his deportation from the United States

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Var Chan, aka. Chan, aka. Rascal, who committed suicide 3 days before at the age of 34, is cremated. Chan had been in Cambodia for a year since his deportation from the United States
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Many Uch, who arrived in the United States from a refugee camp in 1984 at the age of 8, is awaiting deportation. Uch, once a permanent legal resident of the United States, is being deported because he was convicted of first-degree robbery in 1994. Seattle

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Many Uch, who arrived in the United States from a refugee camp in 1984 at the age of 8, is awaiting deportation. Uch, once a permanent legal resident of the United States, is being deported because he was convicted of first-degree robbery in 1994. Seattle
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Private security guards stand outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, wearing full riot gear. The privately-run jail holds up to 1000 immigrants facing deportation and is the last stop for many Cambodians in the Seattle area before b

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Private security guards stand outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, wearing full riot gear. The privately-run jail holds up to 1000 immigrants facing deportation and is the last stop for many Cambodians in the Seattle area before b
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Many Uch, 31, spends the Memorial Day holiday with fiance Sophany and their 10 month old daughter, Chandhrea Many Nem. Seattle, WA

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Many Uch, 31, spends the Memorial Day holiday with fiance Sophany and their 10 month old daughter, Chandhrea Many Nem. Seattle, WA
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Vorn Veth talks with his pregnant girlfriend at a basketball court in White Center. Veth, who's brother was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2006, faces deportation from the US for a felony conviction in the 1990s. Even though he has been in the US since

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Vorn Veth talks with his pregnant girlfriend at a basketball court in White Center. Veth, who's brother was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2006, faces deportation from the US for a felony conviction in the 1990s. Even though he has been in the US since
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Cheoun Om plays basketball with other Cambodian friends, including Many Uch. in White Center, on Seattle's southside. Like Uch, Om faces deportation from the US for a crime the 2 men committed together in 1994 but unlike Uch, Om is resigned to his fate an

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Cheoun Om plays basketball with other Cambodian friends, including Many Uch. in White Center, on Seattle's southside. Like Uch, Om faces deportation from the US for a crime the 2 men committed together in 1994 but unlike Uch, Om is resigned to his fate an
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'Popeye' and his Khmer gang tattoos in the 'hood' an area behind the Russian embassy where many deportees have settled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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'Popeye' and his Khmer gang tattoos in the 'hood' an area behind the Russian embassy where many deportees have settled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California, lifts weights at RISP, a center opened to help returnees. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read a

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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California, lifts weights at RISP, a center opened to help returnees. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read a
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Smiley (left), Trip (center) and Monk B play dominoes all afternoon to kill time. Learned in jail, the deportees will play dominoes all night, all but shutting out their new home around them. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Smiley (left), Trip (center) and Monk B play dominoes all afternoon to kill time. Learned in jail, the deportees will play dominoes all night, all but shutting out their new home around them. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Smiley (left), Trip (center) and Monk B play dominoes all afternoon to kill time. Learned in jail, the deportees will play dominoes all night, all but shutting out their new home around them. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Returnees hang out in the 'hood', playing dominoes and drinking beer all night to kill time. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Returnees hang out in the 'hood', playing dominoes and drinking beer all night to kill time. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Smiley, high and drunk, does a rap in the 'hood'. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Smiley, high and drunk, does a rap in the 'hood'. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Boomer on his phone with his wife (2nd from right) in the hood. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Boomer on his phone with his wife (2nd from right) in the hood. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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JB, from Houston, Texas, in the hood. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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JB, from Houston, Texas, in the hood. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Addicted to meth, 'Killa B, Samath Ep, 27, originally from Memphis, is unemployed and sleeps most nights in a park. He hangs out in the hood all day, waiting for friends and food hand outs. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Addicted to meth, 'Killa B, Samath Ep, 27, originally from Memphis, is unemployed and sleeps most nights in a park. He hangs out in the hood all day, waiting for friends and food hand outs. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Addicted to meth, 'Killa B, Samath Ep, 27, originally from Memphis, is unemployed and sleeps most nights in a park. He hangs out in the hood all day, waiting for friends and food hand outs. Here he heads towards Independence Monument where he'll spend the

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Addicted to meth, 'Killa B, Samath Ep, 27, originally from Memphis, is unemployed and sleeps most nights in a park. He hangs out in the hood all day, waiting for friends and food hand outs and often sleeps by the Independence Monument. Phnom Penh, Cambodi

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Monk B and his wife, who is 7 months pregnant, at home in their apartment in the 'hood'.

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Monk B and his wife, who is 7 months pregnant, at home in their apartment in the 'hood'.
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Dicer, Daved Pin, 33, working a night job at a data entry company where his english language skills help him get work. Originally from Long Beach, Pin was a leading gang member and member of the Tiny Rascal Gangsters. Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Dicer, Daved Pin, 33, working a night job at a data entry company where his english language skills help him get work. Originally from Long Beach, Pin was a leading gang member and member of the Tiny Rascal Gangsters. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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'Cash', at age 39, is one of the older gang members to be deported. Tired of a life gang banging, he has settled down in Phnom Penh where he works at a data entry company checking English language spelling at Digital Divide. Here he enjoys American made f

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'Cash', at age 39, is one of the older gang members to be deported. Tired of a life gang banging, he has settled down in Phnom Penh where he works at a data entry company checking English language spelling at Digital Divide. Here he enjoys American made f
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KK and Boomer head out for a night of clubbing and bar hopping in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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KK and Boomer head out for a night of clubbing and bar hopping in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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KK runs a break dancing class for street kids in his apartment in the 'hood'. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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KK runs a break dancing class for street kids in his apartment in the 'hood'. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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'Wicked' and other deportees play local kids at basketball most Sunday afternoons. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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'Wicked' and other deportees play local kids at basketball most Sunday afternoons. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Cobra, Hong Thiv, now a Buddhist monk in a temple about 3 hrs from Phnom Penh. Cobra lost his arm in 2005 after a real cobra bite his arm. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Cobra, Hong Thiv, now a Buddhist monk in a temple about 3 hrs from Phnom Penh. Cobra lost his arm in 2005 after a real cobra bite his arm. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read and write Khmer at RISP. He disappeared after just one clas

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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read and write Khmer at RISP. He disappeared after just one clas
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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read and write Khmer at RISP. He disappeared after just one clas

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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read and write Khmer at RISP. He disappeared after just one clas

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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read and write Khmer. He disappeared after just one class though

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'Sharp', Srouch Svay, 27, from Bakersfield, California. Addicted to meth and a former dealer himself, Sharp has just quit drugs and is trying to get his life in order and started learning to read and write Khmer. He disappeared after just one class though
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Boomer recording his new hip hop and rap album in his studio in Phnom Penh's Toul Sleng neighborhood. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Boomer recording his new hip hop and rap album in his studio in Phnom Penh's Toul Sleng neighborhood. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Boomer at the Casa Club with KK. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Boomer at the Casa Club with KK. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Gino loads his 38. Bakersfield, CA

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Gino loads his 38. Bakersfield, CA
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Bobby arrested for assault. Chicago, IL

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Bobby arrested for assault. Chicago, IL
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'Cold Blood' Chicago, IL

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'Cold Blood' Chicago, IL
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Gino and Ricky wrestle with a gun. Bakersfield, CA

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Gino and Ricky wrestle with a gun. Bakersfield, CA
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Ricky flashes his Loco Boyz sign. Chicago, IL

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Ricky flashes his Loco Boyz sign. Chicago, IL
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Nouen and his girlfriend. Bakersfield, CA

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Nouen and his girlfriend. Bakersfield, CA
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Sammy. Bakersfield, CA

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Sammy. Bakersfield, CA
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Gang party. Bakersfield, CA

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Gang party. Bakersfield, CA
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Gang party. Bakersfield, CA

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Gang party. Bakersfield, CA
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Gino in the desert. Bakersfield, CA

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Gino in the desert. Bakersfield, CA
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