They were Yong Jun Li, Mei Wen Wu, Guo Qi Chen, Yanxiao Chen, Qing Kuang, John Benjamin John, Xia Tang, Fengrong Zheng, Jan Bo Yang, Fayan Li, Dong Wang, Tao tu, Weikun Zhong, Rongrui Li, Hidehito Hida, Meng Yang Yu, and Shi Guang Li.
Salt Lake City Immigration Court Judge Dustin B. Pead is on island for two weeks to conduct hearings.
On Monday, Pead heard over 14 removal proceedings.
According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website, generally, the Immigration and Nationality Act grants aliens the right to a removal proceeding before an immigration judge to decide inadmissibility and deportability.
Aliens, the website said, can be removed for a variety of reasons related to health, criminal status, economic well-being, national security risks, and other reasons of public concern that are specifically defined in the INA.
Immigration judges that work within the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, weigh evidence presented by both the alien and ICE, assess the facts, and render decisions regarding removal.
Such decisions can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Enforcement and Removal Operations is a division of U.S. ICE, and is the primary enforcement arm within ICE for the identification, apprehension, and removal of illegal aliens from the United States.
