Potential Rise in Hongkonger Deportations Under Trump Administration

Steve Yale-Loehr was quoted by the South China Morning Post in Will Hongkongers Be Next to Leave U.S. Under Trump’s Immigration Crackdown? (subscription required). He said the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program explained a drop in deportations of Hongkongers in recent years, but he warned that they could rise again under the current administration. “If President Trump revokes DED, more Hongkongers would be deported,” he said. He also suggested that President Trump could use the DED program as a negotiating tactic in discussions with Beijing.