US Extends Protection for Hong Kong Residents, Citing Chinese Repression

On Jan. 26, President Joe Biden announced the hold of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for eligible Hong Kong residents for 2 years. The DED had been acceptable to expire connected Feb. 5. DED is simply a programme authorized astatine the discretion of the U.S. president, which protects definite individuals from deportation and allows them to unrecorded successful the United States for a designated play of time. “The United States supports the quality rights and cardinal fre...