He fled China’s crackdown on lawyers for America’s rule of law. Now ICE has him

For Asian Americans tied to China’s diaspora networks, Wu’s detention questions whether even the CCP’s sharpest critics are safe from deportation once their immigration status is scrutinized.

Image via Wu Shaoping, NTD

A Chinese human rights lawyer who escaped Beijing’s crackdown on his profession said he came to the U.S. trusting in its rule of law, ahead of a hearing next week that could send him back.

“Not criminals”

Wu Shaoping, 48, spoke by phone Tuesday to Lancaster Online from the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, an Immigration and Cu…