ICE arrests Chinese human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping in Pennsylvania

newsJul 17, 202627185

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Chinese human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania while he was delivering parcels for Amazon. Wu fled China at the end of 2019, entered the US on a tourist visa and filed an asylum claim in 2020 that remains pending. A friend, Shi Minglei, said Wu presented proof of his pending asylum application when ICE asked for citizenship documentation but agents detained him and moved him to a Pennsylvania detention facility. Wu’s immigration hearing is scheduled for 27 July, according to the New York Times, and human rights advocates warn he faces risk of persecution if returned to China. Wu began as a commercial lawyer and later handled sensitive cases for religious minorities and political dissidents; he attended a December 2019 meeting in Xiamen after which several attendees were arrested. The Guardian reports the Department of Homeland Security and the detention facility did not respond to requests for comment, and observers linked Wu’s arrest to broader concerns about Chinese journalists and dissidents, including an extradition request for journalist Bai Zhaodong in Thailand.

Saeed Jones

@theferocity.bsky.social

“A Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested by ICE, raising concerns he could be deported to China where he would face persecution. Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers.”

921h ago

davirdgs.bsky.social2

The funny part is that he was arrested in the United States, not China, yet the news still makes it look like China is the big bad state

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Melody Lee Lacy3

Deportees Should Not be Deported to Unsafe Locations! Deporting this human rights lawyer back to the government he was forced to flee threatens his life!

newmexicanextexan.bsky.social3

The laogai is China's answer to the gulag. That's where this brave man is headed if the US deports him back to China.

RoseMarie

@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

For years, Shaoping Wu was part of an increasingly endangered group of human rights lawyers in China. His work culminated in 2019, when he attended a meeting with other prominent lawyers and activists. Within days, (cont.) 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...?

3712h ago

RoseMarie4

the Chinese government began to detain the participants. Mr. Wu quickly fled to the United States, where in 2020 he applied for asylum.

Alaska Beacon

@alaskabeacon.com

ICE arrests and detains Alaska state attorney, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/ice-a...

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JCMartinofBA

@jcmartinofba.bsky.social

Left- Man, wife and 6 year old daughter murdered by Israel. Right- ICE arrests this woman during a peaceful protest against the GENOCIDE in Gaza. 2 officers threw her to the ground and landed on top of her. She has a concussion.

718h ago

Tara O'Grady

@taraogrady.bsky.social

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE He championed personal & religious freedom for Chinese citizens Shaopin Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over he was here legally, now he's detained indefinitely www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...

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Karen Lillis53

"His work [as a human rights lawyer] culminated in 2019, when he attended a meeting [in China] w other prominent lawyers & activists. Within days, the Chinese government began to detain the participants. Mr. Wu quickly fled to the United States, where in 2020 he applied for asylum." archive.ph/wgB26

En Buen Ora

@enbuenora.bsky.social

ICE attempts to kidnap a 57 year old immigrant at the Las Vegas airport, is driven away by a small crowd, then apparently arrests him at the arriving flight in Los Angeles. The man was apparently Australian and has been in the US since 2013. mynews4.com/news/local/l...

41h ago

Corinne Smith

@corinne-smith.bsky.social

NEW: ICE has arrested and detained an Alaska state attorney, Shucheng Yang, 32, currently working in the Department of Law's labor, business and corporations division. ICE would not say how Yang violated conditions of admission to the country. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/ice-a...

413h ago

Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD

@googeliart.bsky.social

‼️ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

52h ago

Melissa Gira Grant

@melissagiragrant.com

A human rights lawyer who fled China, applied for asylum in the US, and was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE took him this week:

41h ago

Pascal Jacquemain

@jacquep.bsky.social

ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian share.google/rqpcaGjm6yEK...

32h ago

Andrew Thrasher

@tituslegaldesign.com

"The operation took place last week along I-85 between Greenville and Spartanburg counties. 'ICE was working with 287(g) partners as part of our ongoing enforcement operations that resulted in the arrest of 27 illegal aliens,' Williams said. www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/c...

212h ago

SF Boswell

@sfboswell.bsky.social

Two ICE detentions out of immigration court today, and they fully meant to detain a third person but were foiled by volunteers. This is either the eighth or ninth time ICE has violated the order prohibiting arrests at immigration court. They're accelerating.

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Casey

@skycog.bsky.social

#卐TrumpsAtrocities卐 #ICE #卐TrumpsGestapo卐 "Immigration Crackdown & Immigration Enforcement" Is Trump Code for State-sponsored White Nationalist Domestic Terror Stephen Miller's quota of '3,000 Immigrant Arrests' per day exposes Trump's lie that ICE is only going after "The worst of the worst."