Owner of successful Peoria sushi restaurant faces deportation

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.

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