On April 14, 2021, an immigration court in San Diego, California, approved “Hong Kong Hammer”‘s application for political asylum with the U.S. government. The photo shows “Hong Kong Hammer” at the court hearing. (Photo courtesy of Zheng Cunzhu, China Democratic Party)
Today (Friday, April 16), in Arcadia, Los Angeles, “Hong Kong Hammer”, a young man who fled into the United States in January, met with many of the people who helped him stay in the United States.
Although he is still unable to reveal his real name and photo, he expressed his joy at being free by shouting “I’m back.
On April 14, the 19-year-old Hong Kong man, who calls himself “Hong Kong Hammer”, was granted asylum in the U.S. by an immigration court in San Diego, California, and became a legal resident. This is just over three months after he fled from the Mexican border into the U.S. in January, and just two months after he officially entered the asylum application process.
“Hong Kong Hammer” was granted political asylum on April 14, 2021, at the San Diego Immigration Court in California. The photo shows the exterior of the court. (Courtesy of Cheng Chuen-chu, China Democratic Party)
In March 2019, when Hong Kong’s anti-China movement began, Hong Kong Hammer was not yet 18 years old, in his senior year of high school and about to graduate; he had already completed his Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education DSE when the march of more than a million people broke out in Hong Kong on June 9.
Hong Kong Hammer joined the anti-China movement and also participated in the million-man march, becoming a “thug” against the police.
Hong Kong Hammer told Voice of America that he could not use his real name or reveal his real face, “or else his mom, dad and friends in Hong Kong would be in big trouble.”
In early February, he was interviewed by Voice of America by phone. However, he was subsequently arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border and subsequently sent to immigration prison when he returned to Mexico in an attempt to re-enter the United States in order to help another young man from Hong Kong enter the country.
Two months later, his application for political asylum was approved. He successfully knocked on the door to freedom.
Lawyer Sun, who represented the asylum case, told Voice of America, “Although this is the first asylum case I have handled for a Hong Kong person, the outcome was expected, after all, it was conducted according to an open and transparent judicial process, and everything was predictable.” Lawyer Sun said that if Hong Kong people want to apply for political asylum to the U.S. government, the U.S. government is supposed to make the right judgment based on what is happening in Hong Kong and the dramatic changes in its situation; and there are various ways on how to submit the application.
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