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An immigration judge on Wednesday granted asylum to a Chinese national who he said had a “well founded fear” of persecution if sent back to China after exposing human rights abuses there.

Guan Heng, 38, applied for asylum after arriving in the U.S. illegally in 2021. He has been in custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August as part of a mass deportation campaign by the Trump administration.

The Department of Homeland Security initially sought to deport Guan to Uganda, but dropped the plan in December after his plight raised public concerns and attracted attention on Capitol Hill.

Guan in 2020 secretly filmed detention facilities in Xinjiang, adding to a body of evidence of what activists say are widespread rights abuses in the Chinese region, where as many as 1 million members of ethnic minorities, especially the Uyghurs, have been locked up.

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[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure the US is the best place for this guy to get asylum

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 10 points 16 hours ago

Oh yeah ICE gonna send this dude to Ecuador or something.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Should probably also post it in not the onion at this point.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I honestly thought I avoided eating an onion here...

This month's wild. And, like, not in a good way.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 hours ago

I know. What an odd, standout case. I wonder how this one differs?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 15 hours ago

...for now.