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Background
Petitioners were born in Cambodia but speak a dialect of
Chinese spoken in the Chaozhou region of South China, the source
of their shared ethnic roots. Petitioners met at a refugee camp
in Vietnam where Ms. Kang was alone because her entire family had
been killed during Pol Pot’s reign in Cambodia. Ms. Kang lived
with Mr. Ngo and his family in the refugee camp. In 1989, under
the sponsorship of Mr. Ngo’s brother, petitioners immigrated
directly from the refugee camp to Seattle, Washington.
Petitioners spoke no English when they first arrived in the
United States in 1989 and currently speak only limited English.
It is unclear from the record whether petitioners made
representations on the immigration documents that they were
husband and wife. Petitioners are now naturalized citizens of
the United States.
In 1989, some time after their arrival in the United States,
Ms. Kang gave birth to their child, Winson You Ngo (Winson). Ms.
Kang has a child, Fong Siu Ngo4 (Fong), who was born in 1984 in
Vietnam, from a prior relationship. Mr. Ngo also has a child,
Long You Ngo (Long), who was born in 1979 in Vietnam from a prior
relationship. Fong and Long immigrated with petitioners to the
United States in 1989.
4 Although Fong carries Mr. Ngo’s surname, the record
shows that at all times relevant, Ms. Kang always used her
surname “Kang” and never used or was known as “Ngo”.
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