Hope for Asylum Seekers!

Billionaire Guo Wengui, who is seeking asylum in the United States after accusing officials in his native China of corruption, poses at his New York City apartment on November 28, 2017. Guo Wengui wants "a change of ... Billionaire Guo Wengui, who is seeking asylum in the United States after accusing officials in his native China of corruption, poses at his New York City apartment on November 28, 2017. Guo Wengui wants "a change of the regime" in Beijing and the introduction of democracy in the world's most populous country. "I want to try and to have rule of law, I want to try and have democracy, freedom, that's my ultimate goal... A change of the regime," he told AFP in a recent exclusive interview from his luxurious New York apartment facing Central Park. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Catherine TRIOMPHE, "Billionaire Guo Wengui wants regime change in Beijing" (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Josh Marshall

July 25, 2019 9:06 a.m.

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It turns out you may be able to avoid deportation as an asylum seeker just by being a member at Mar a Lago. All those folks in the detention centers down near the border are going to be pumped! Here’s the story.

Tuesday’s Miami Herald has an article about a high profile Chinese asylum seeker and purported dissident in the US – Guo Wengui, aka Miles Kwok – who may actually be a Chinese spy. Wengui has been in the United States since 2014 after fleeing the country ahead of a string of charges for crimes ranging from bribery to sexual assault and kidnapping. Wengui is a billionaire real estate baron who began his refuge in the US in a Manhattan luxe apartment he reportedly purchased for $67 million.

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