Biden Extends Protection for Hong Kong Residents in the US

Biden Extends Protection for Hong Kong Residents in the US
President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 15, 2025. Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Before leaving office, U.S. President Biden on Jan. 15 extended the “Deferred Enforcement Departure Program” (DED) for some Hong Kong residents in the United States for two more years, allowing them to remain in the country after their visas expire.

Biden said the extension was in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) continued erosion of human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong.