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Asian immigrants weigh exit plans as legal ground shifts

Amid pressures from the Trump administration’s birthright citizenship order and denaturalization efforts to state-level immigration crackdowns, immigrants are abandoning the U.S. in record numbers.

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The Rebel Yellow
May 11, 2026
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Court rulings, executive orders and enforcement campaigns are making immigration status feel increasingly conditional for Asian immigrants and their families across the U.S., pushing tens of thousands to leave and others to prepare for a future outside the country they have long called home.

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