Less than a week after the authorities released Singaporean Amos Yee from jail on parole, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained him again.
If the authorities revoke his asylum status, they may deport him to Singapore.
Source: Illinois Department of Corrections
According to the ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System, the 27-year-old is in ICE custody.
The authorities did not state when they took him into custody.
Source: United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The authorities detained him at the Dodge Detention Facility in Juneau, Wisconsin.
Source: United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The authorities released Yee on parole last Thursday (20 Nov) from the Danville Correctional Center in the neighbouring state of Illinois.
He had been serving a six-year sentence for child pornography and grooming.
Though the authorities first released him on parole in October 2023, they sent him back to jail just one month later after he made a blog post that violated the rules for a sex offender on parole.
The authorities then scheduled his parole release for 7 Nov, but they delayed it to 20 Nov.
A blog post last month claimed that although Yee was in the US on asylum, ICE intended to bring him back to court to revoke his asylum.
He thus needed recommendations for an immigration lawyer to help him on a pro bono basis (without charge).
If the authorities terminate his asylum status, they might deport him back to Singapore.
United States authorities granted Yee asylum in 2017, and he has lived there ever since.
If he returns to Singapore, he faces charges under the Enlistment Act as he did not report for national service pre-enlistment medical screening and did not have a valid exit permit to remain outside Singapore.
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Featured image adapted from the Illinois Department of Corrections and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.