Immigration: Asylum and u.s

immigration: Separately, Marilu Cabrera with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which handles some asylum requests, said the agency cannot confirm or deny details of any asylum case, according to Metro News. The Human Rights Watch deputy director for Asia, Phil Robertson, called on the U.S. to recognize Yee's asylum claim, saying he has been consistently harassed by the Singapore government for publicly expressing his views on politics and religion and severely criticizing the city-state's leaders, including late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Amos Yee, 18, was detained Dec. 16 and remains in custody pending federal immigration court proceedings, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said in a written statement. Yee was imprisoned for six weeks in September on charges of hurting religious feelings of Christians and Muslims after repeatedly breaching bail conditions following a four-week prison sentence he served in July last year on the same charges. His U.S. lawyer, Sandra Grossman, told the South China Morning Post on Saturday that Yee was likely detained because he entered the country on a tourist visa despite an intention to apply for asylum. He was also due to be called up for mandatory military service. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.