November 27, 2024
GILLIBRAND STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THREE AMERICANS, INCLUDING ONE NEW YORKER, FROM CHINESE CUSTODY
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement about the release of three Americans, including New York’s Kai Li, from Chinese custody: “This Thanksgiving, I am so grateful to hear that three Americans, including my constituent, Kai Li, have been released from Chinese custody and are set to be reunited with their families. For the last several years, my office and I have been working with the Biden administration, Leader Schumer, and most importantly, Kai’s son, Harrison, to help secure Kai’s safe passage back to the United States, and now that day has come. The release of Kai Li, Mark Swidan, and John Leung means that there are no longer any wrongfully detained Americans being held in the People’s Republic of China. I would like to thank Harrison Li and his family for their tenacious advocacy for Kai over the last several years, as well as President Biden, his staff, and personnel across the United States government who worked tirelessly to bring Kai home.
I will continue to work with President Biden and his administration to secure the release of our wrongfully detained individuals across the world, including my constituent, Ryan Corbett, who has spent over two years wrongfully detained by the Taliban, and the return of the innocent men and women still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.”