Asylum-seekers from Chinese church to arrive in Dallas-Fort Worth after years in exile


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A group of asylum-seekers from an overseas Chinese Christian church, including dozens of children, arrived in the U.S. Friday with plans to pass through Dallas-Fort Worth and resettle in Tyler, according to two Texas aid organizations. About 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, who were detained in Thailand last week for visa violations, have been seeking to live outside China for the past three years. Deana Brown, the director of Freedom Seekers International in Tyler, confirmed Friday that she was accompanying the group as the church members moved through immigration procedures at an unspecified location. Because of security...