A group of asylum-seekers from an overseas Chinese Christian church, including dozens of children, arrived in the U.S. Friday with plans to pass through...
confirmed Friday that she was accompanying the group as the church members moved through immigration procedures at an unspecified location. Because of security issues, she said she could not provide more details.
“We’re so excited for them to be in the U.S. to practice their religious freedom, to practice what they believe peacefully,” said Jonathan Dingler, the communications director for ChinaAid. “And we know that these Christians are going to fit into our society … They’re excited to do ministry here in America and excited to contribute to our culture and society as a whole.”
In late March, Thai authorities arrested the church members — 28 adults and 35 children — for visa overstays in a coastal Thai city, according to Human Rights Watch, a nongovernmental organization. They could not get their visas renewed because Thailand’s immigration regulations require Chinese nationals to report to the Chinese Embassy first, the group said.
The success rate “is just tremendous,” said Austin Kocher, a research assistant professor at Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a Syracuse University nonprofit. “We just don’t see anything else like it in the data.”
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