President Biden renewed a deportation amnesty Thursday for people from Hong Kong who have made their way to the U.S., saying they should not be forced to return home to growing political oppression by Beijing.
Mr. Biden’s move extends a previous grant announced in August 2021, plus opens a new window of eligibility so anyone who arrived after that date can gain status as well.
The president said China’s move to impose a wide-ranging national security law in 2020 violated the guarantees Hong Kong was given before the 1997 handover from the U.K. to China and instigated arrests of thousands of people protesting the government’s actions.