This refugee's family faced persecution in Bhutan. Now, he could be deported there

Mohan Karki (R) and his wife Tika Basnet (L) pose for a photo before he was detained by immigration agents in April.

Mohan Karki's family and others with Nepali ancestry were persecuted and driven out of Bhutan in the 1990s. Karki himself was born in a refugee camp in nearby Nepal. Yet, the U.S. government claims he is a Bhutanese citizen and seeks to deport him there.

(Image credit: Tika Basnet)