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Front Line API Code of Silence Conference, Panelist

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Spoke at Civic Auditorium, with approximately 45 people.

Longfellow Middle School, Guest Speaker

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Guest speaker at Longfellow Middle School, to about 150 kids, on: Respect, Education, Responsibility, making right choices.

9am to 3pm.

6 periods.

UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Law School, Guest Speaker

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Guest speaker at UC Berkeley Boalt Hall law school for discussion on Restorative Justice.  With: Eric Yamamoto, Professor Mary Louise Frampton, Jane Kim, Lee, Maria, Seth, Mika, Willoughby, Elan, John, Phillip, Sandra Kim, Susan Sarrano, Nakisha

UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Law School, Guest Speaker

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with Helen Zia, Victor Huang, and Ivy Lee, to 23 students.

Released into Limbo

» Legal Updates

Eddy Zheng has been released! Unfortunately, he may still be deported.

This only means that he is no longer being held in immigration detention, while the government attempts to carry out his deportation order.

Eddy is challenging his deportation order in federal court.

If the government is able to carry out the deportation order before the court overturns it, he will be sent to China.

Although this final hurdle remains, his release is a HUGE victory — the first time Eddy has been on the outside in 21 years.

Appeal of Deportation Order Rejected

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The Board of Immigration Appeals rejected Eddy’s appeal of his deportation order. The BIA is a very conservative and unsympathetic board; Eddy and his lawyers will appeal this decision to the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. Eddy is also challenging his ongoing detention at the Yuba County Jail and hopefully will be released from custody during the appeals process.

Deportation Proceedings

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The immigration judge ruled against Eddy Zheng and decided that he should be deported. In making his decision, the judge applied criteria that would be essentially impossible to meet. He explained that he would only stop Eddy’s deportation if it were a matter of national security, regardless of Eddy’s own rehabilitaton and community support.

Eddy and his lawyers believe that the judge incorrectly interpreted the criteria that should have been used to decide Eddy’s case. An appeal has been filed with the Board of Immigration Appeals, which usually gives its decision within 6 months. During this time, Eddy will remain in custody as an immigrant detainee at Yuba County Jail.

Eddy’s visitation hours at Yuba County Jail are now Sundays 7:45-8:45pm and Wednesdays 7-9pm.

Deportation Proceedings – Final Hearing

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At the final hearing in Eddy Zheng’s deportation proceedings, the judge heard testimony to clarify specific questions he had about certain aspects of the argument Eddy Zheng presented against his deportation.

Immigration Hearing

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In this hearing, the immigration judge heard testimony about the conditions Eddy Zheng would face in China if he were deported there.

Deportation Proceeding #1

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Eddy Zheng has first hearing in his deportation proceedings in San Francisco. Nearly 60 supporters pack the court room, and Judge Michael Yamaguchi recuses himself from the case.