US EditionA Texas Researcher Was Held at an Airport for over a Week. Now He Faces Deportation
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 31 – Tae Heung Kim, a green card holder and Ph.D. candidate, has been held without explanation for over a week after returning from South Korea, with limited family contact allowed, lawyer said.
- At San Francisco International Airport, ICE detained Tae Heung "William" Kim, a Texas A&M researcher, on July 21, holding him over a week and limiting contact with family.
- Having spent his childhood in the U.S., Kim returned after being in South Korea for two weeks before his detention on July 21.
- Family sources report they relied on secondhand texts, and Eddie Lee says ICE has not provided reasons for Kim's detention.
- Now facing removal proceedings, Kim is held at an Arizona immigration detention facility, with his attorney claiming the airport detention denied him due process.
- Part of a team led by Dr. Albert Mulenga researching tick-borne illnesses, Lee said, `This is somebody whose research is going to save countless lives if allowed to continue farmers who are at risk of getting Lyme disease`.
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A Texas researcher was held at an airport for over a week. Now he faces deportation
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