ICE Detains Filipino Man with Stage 4 Cancer Over 1970s Conviction

ICE detained a Filipino permanent resident with stage 4 cancer in Washington after alleging he concealed a 1970s conviction.

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Loreto Javar, a 76-year-old Filipino national holding permanent US residency, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Tukwila, Washington, during a citizenship interview in June. ^[1] Lianyong Wei, a 51-year-old Chinese national, died at a hospital in the Northern Mariana Islands on August 23, 2026, hours after entering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. ^[2] An ICE spokesperson stated that Javar's failure to disclose the conviction made him ineligible to enter the US in 1995 and therefore ineligible to remain in the country now. ^[3] Javar told officials at the time of his arrest in June that he had served about three years in jail in the Philippines before being released on parole. ^[4] Javar, a retired hotel worker, has renewed his permanent residency several times without issue since moving to the US in 1995 and has no criminal history in the United States. ^[5] ICE announced that a guard at the lockup in Saipan found Wei unresponsive during routine morning checks on August 23, 2026, and he was pronounced dead after life-sustaining interventions were initiated. ^[6] Tracking by The Associated Press indicates that Wei is at least the fifth Chinese national to die in the custody of ICE or the U.S. Border Patrol since March 2025. ^[7] Wei was arrested on August 21, 2026, by the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety on criminal charges stemming from an alleged assault on a family of five. ^[8]

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Lianyong Wei, a 51-year-old Chinese national, died at a hospital in the Northern Mariana Islands on August 23, 2026, hours after entering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. · WJXT News4JAX

An ICE spokesperson stated that Javar's failure to disclose the conviction made him ineligible to enter the US in 1995 and therefore ineligible to remain in the country now. ·

The Guardian

Javar told officials at the time of his arrest in June that he had served about three years in jail in the Philippines before being released on parole. ·

The Guardian

Javar, a retired hotel worker, has renewed his permanent residency several times without issue since moving to the US in 1995 and has no criminal history in the United States. ·

The Guardian

ICE announced that a guard at the lockup in Saipan found Wei unresponsive during routine morning checks on August 23, 2026, and he was pronounced dead after life-sustaining interventions were initiated. · WJXT News4JAX

Tracking by The Associated Press indicates that Wei is at least the fifth Chinese national to die in the custody of ICE or the U.S. Border Patrol since March 2025. · WJXT News4JAX

Wei was arrested on August 21, 2026, by the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety on criminal charges stemming from an alleged assault on a family of five. · WJXT News4JAX

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