In 1977, the US Congress arranged for Cambodians fleeing the Khmer Rouge to become permanent residents of the country through the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, eventually making them eligible for citizenship.
[1] Deportees are typically young men in their twenties and thirties who were born in Cambodia or the Thai refugee camps and arrived in the United States as small children, members of the so-called 1.5 generation.
A survey by one immigrant advocacy organization showed that deportees had spent an average of 20 years in the United States.
[4] The incidence of deportation has been projected to increase significantly; as of 2005[update], out of 1200 to 1500 potential deportees, 127 had been returned to Cambodia, up from 40 three years previously.
Korsang has received a lot of attention from the local media as well as international support from leading organizations for its ground-breaking work.