Chinese couple face deportation after nearly 20 years in US
A Chinese couple who have lived in the United States for nearly 20 years after entering the country without residency visas are due to be deported during the Lunar New Year holiday, according to US media reports.
Huang and Li entered New York from China without proper visas in 1999, according to the NBC news website. They moved to Connecticut in 2006 where they started a nail salon business. The couple have two sons, aged five and 15, who were born in the United States, making the children US citizens.
O’Neil-Baker told NBC the couple would need to take their children with them or they would be placed in state custody.
The children spoke only English and were unfamiliar with Chinese culture, a sobbing Li told about 100 supporters gathered outside their nail salon last weekend, the report said. “I think this is my country. I don’t want to leave here. Please help me,” Li was quoted as saying.
A Chinese couple who have lived in the United States for nearly 20 years after entering the country without residency visas are due to be deported during the Lunar New Year holiday, according to US media reports.
Huang and Li entered New York from China without proper visas in 1999, according to the NBC news website. They moved to Connecticut in 2006 where they started a nail salon business. The couple have two sons, aged five and 15, who were born in the United States, making the children US citizens.
O’Neil-Baker told NBC the couple would need to take their children with them or they would be placed in state custody.
The children spoke only English and were unfamiliar with Chinese culture, a sobbing Li told about 100 supporters gathered outside their nail salon last weekend, the report said. “I think this is my country. I don’t want to leave here. Please help me,” Li was quoted as saying.
