Photos: Kelly Yu, Peoria restaurant owner, facing deportation under Trump administration https://t.co/47WqtODX1U
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. https://t.co/18UAGgEyyJ
"Kelly is everything we want in an immigrant," a Republican official from Arizona told Newsweek about detained business owner Kelly Yu. https://t.co/RnzLi1Hpa3
Kelly Yu, the owner of a successful sushi restaurant in Peoria, Arizona, is facing deportation to Hong Kong after being detained by immigration authorities in May. Yu has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years without legal status. Despite bipartisan support from both Democratic and Republican officials in Arizona, who have praised Yu as an exemplary immigrant, federal authorities have proceeded with deportation under the Trump administration. Separately, the owner of a Houston-area burger restaurant themed around President Donald Trump is also facing deportation to Lebanon due to an expired nonimmigrant visa and allegations involving 'sham' marriages, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Both cases highlight ongoing immigration enforcement actions targeting business owners with disputed legal status.