China and Human Rights

The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its plan to deport Chinese national Guan Heng, a 38‑year‑old whistleblower who secretly filmed detention facilities in Xinjiang in 2020 and later entered the U.S. illegally by boat, after a surge of public and congressional support over fears he would be persecuted if sent back under Beijing’s reach. Rights advocates say DHS has rescinded a prior bid to remove him to Uganda, leaving him still listed as an ICE detainee in New York while his legal team seeks his release on bond and expects his asylum case to proceed favorably.