The Brief
- Kelly Yu, a Peoria restaurant owner who has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years, is facing deportation to Hong Kong after being detained by immigration authorities in May.
- Despite having no criminal record, a successful business, and a U.S. citizen daughter, Yu’s final appeal for legal status was denied in 2016, and her husband and community members are now pleading for her release.
PEORIA, Ariz. – The owner of a successful Peoria sushi restaurant, who has lived in the U.S. for more than two decades without legal status, is facing deportation to Hong Kong within weeks.
What we know:
Kelly Yu was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on May 28 and has been held at the Eloy Detention Center.…