Arizona business owner with no criminal record freed after 8 months in ICE detention

Her detention left her college-age daughter helping run the family restaurant business while supporters pushed for her release.

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Chinese-born Arizona restaurateur Kelly Yu reported to ICE in Phoenix in May 2025 and spent the next eight and a half months in immigration detention.

Yu, who had no criminal record and had regularly reported to immigration authorities for years, was released in February after challenging her prolonged detention in federal court. The rele…