"Heng Guan, a Chinese national who documented a network of detention facilities in China's northwestern Xinjiang province, has spent months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody as the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to deport him. Guan's second court hearing is set for Monday after a DHS prosecutor asked a court in December to deport him to Uganda under a third-country migrant deal."
"That request was later withdrawn amid concerns raised in Washington, D.C., but ICE continued to push for Guan's deportation to China, according to his attorney, Chuangchuang Chen. Heng Guan has been held at an ICE detention facility in Broome County, New York Image: Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier (JUST) "I would jump off the plane if deported," Guan told DW in an exclusive interview from an ICE detention facility. "I would rather die than face imprisonment in China." The 38-year-old amateur photographer from China's central Henan province entered the United States in 2021 by boat from Freeport in The Bahamas."
Heng Guan documented detention facilities in Xinjiang and has been held for months in ICE custody while DHS sought his deportation. DHS prosecutors sought to send him to Uganda under a third-country migrant deal, a request later withdrawn amid concerns in Washington, D.C., though ICE pushed to deport him to China. Guan is held at an ICE facility in Broome County, New York. He has stated he would rather die than face imprisonment in China. Guan entered the United States in 2021 by boat from The Bahamas after producing a vlog accusing the Chinese government of mass incarceration of Uyghurs. He worked and was authorized to work while his asylum case was pending before an ICE raid in August 2025.
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