A Chinese woman in California took her 2 children to the immigration office to complete the formalities. Both mother and child were arrested and deported to Texas.

A Chinese woman from Southern California visited Industry City with her 4-year-old and 12-year-old children.migrant Went to office appointment, but was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and then deportedtexas . The legal team on behalf of the family reported on the 7th that the federal court had ordered a ban on taking the family outCalifornia In the Central District, the government nevertheless transferred them to other states, and later acknowledged that there had been an error in the transfer and asked ICE to deport the family back to California.

According to Spanish-language television network Univision, Chinese woman Lifeng Guo (transliteration) was detained by ICE agents when she and her two children went to an appointment on November 3. When interviewed, representative lawyer Chen Chuangchuang said that Guo Lifeng had applied for asylum due to religious persecution. The case is still under review and no result has been reached yet.

The British edition of the International Business Times reported that the incident allegedly occurred at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Application Support Center on Colima Road in the City of Industry, where Guo Lifeng went to handle biometric procedures related to immigration cases.

Video source: Used with permission from Chen Chuangchuang’s legal team

Citing online video and attached captions, the newspaper reported that a witness asked detectives: “You just took a child!” And asked where the child would be sent. Relevant instructions stated that Guo Lifeng wanted a family friend who was already on the scene to take care of the 4-year-old boy, but the detectives did not allow it, and the child was still detained with Guo Lifeng. The newspaper reported that available information did not explain why agents did not allow friends to care for the children, nor did they say whether other arrangements were considered.

On the day Guo Lifeng was detained, his lawyers asked the federal court for emergency relief. Public court records compiled by Habeas Dockets show that the case was filed on November 3 in federal court for the Central District of California, and was heard by federal judge Michael B. Kaufman. Chen Chuangchuang submitted a habeas corpus petition that day, asking the court to review whether the detention was legal, and also applied for a temporary restraining order to prevent ICE from taking Guo Lifeng and her two children out of the Central District of California.

On the same day, the court asked the government to respond to the application for a temporary restraining order by November 4 at the latest, and Guo Lifeng’s side filed a response before noon on November 5. The judge said he had received materials from both sides and would hear the application. No further hearings will be scheduled unless the court deems necessary.

While waiting for the writ of habeas corpus to be processed, the court expressly ordered that Lifeng Guo not be transferred outside the Central District of California, nor may he be removed from the District for the purpose of deportation. The purpose of this order is to prevent the government from transferring parties before the court can handle emergency applications.

Chen Chuangchuang told Univision that the family was later transferred to the Dilley Detention Center in Texas. The legal team further reported on the 7th that the government had admitted in court that an error had been made in the transfer and had asked ICE to return him to California; According to the team, instructions to return were given the same night the family was transferred to Texas. The team also said that relevant developments have been released on the law firm’s YouTube channel ChuangLawFirm.

However, the update provided by the legal team did not confirm whether Guo Lifeng and her two children had indeed returned to California, nor indicate whether they had been released.