Falun Gong Practitioner in US Narrowly Avoids Deportation

An immigrant who sought freedom and an escape from persecution came within minutes of being sent back to China.
Falun Gong Practitioner in US Narrowly Avoids Deportation
Travelers work their way through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in GA, where Louis Lu Yu had been deported by federal authorities on a plane bound for Seoul with a connection to Shanghai. Barry Williams/Getty Images
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Travelers work their way through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in GA, where Louis Lu Yu had been deported by federal authorities on a plane bound for Seoul with a connection to Shanghai.  (Barry Williams/Getty Images)
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Mary Silver writes columns, grows herbs, hikes, and admires the sky. She likes critters, and thinks the best part of being a journalist is learning new stuff all the time. She has a Masters from Emory University, serves on the board of the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and belongs to the Association of Health Care Journalists.
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