The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has withdrawn its request to deport to Uganda a Chinese national who documented Uyghur detention camps in China’s Xinjiang region, according to his lawyer.
The Chinese national, Guan Heng, documented the camps where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
He later fled China in 2021, illegally entered the United States through South America to seek asylum, and released his video of the camps.
Guan was arrested by federal immigration authorities in August and faced potential deportation.
His lawyer, Allen Chen, said on Dec. 19 that they received a letter from DHS stating that it has withdrawn Guan’s removal order to Uganda. Chen welcomed the department’s decision as a positive development in the case and said that Guan is expected to have a bond hearing in the coming weeks….