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Amos Yee, a teenage blogger from Singapore, talks to reporters outside of the U.S. immigration field office after being released from federal custody following a U.S. immigration appeals court's decision to uphold his bid for asylum, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Chicago. Yee, an atheist, was accused of hurting the religious feelings of Muslims and Christians in Singapore. The teen's online posts mocking and criticizing the city-state's government have twice landed him in a Singapore jail. He left his homeland in December with the intention of seeking U.S. asylum, but was detained in Chicago and remained behind bars during the proceedings. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Amos Yee, teen blogger granted U.S. asylum, faces child porn charges

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The Latest: Singapore teen blogger released from US custody

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FILE - In this May, 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to reporters in Singapore. A federal immigration appeals court has sided with a Chicago immigration judge's decision to grant asylum to the teenage blogger from Singapore. Attorneys for Amos Yee said Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017, they'd received a Board of Immigration Appeals decision agreeing that the 18-year-old had fear of being persecuted upon return to Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Singapore teen granted asylum released from US custody

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US government appeals Singapore teen blogger’s asylum case

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FILE - In this May 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to a reporter while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail, in Singapore. Yee whose online posts blasting his government landed in him jail was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge in Chicago ruled Friday, March 24, 2017. Yee has been detained by federal immigration authorities since December when he was taken into custody at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Attorneys said the 18-year-old could be released from a Wisconsin detention center as early as Monday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

US immigration judge grants asylum to Singapore teen blogger

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FILE - In this May, 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to reporters while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail in Singapore. An immigration judge in Chicago has granted asylum to Amos Yee whose online posts criticizing his government landed him in jail. Samuel Cole issued a 13-page decision Friday, March, 24, 2017, saying Amos Yee established he's suffered past political persecution because of his political opinion and could remain in the U.S. Yee has been detained by immigration officials since December when he arrived at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

US immigration judge grants asylum to Singapore teen blogger

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FILE - In this May, 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to reporters while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail in Singapore. Yee, a teenage blogger awaiting a Chicago immigration judge’s ruling on his asylum request to stay in the United States said Friday, March 10, 2017, that he’s afraid of returning home to Singapore after scathing posts blasting his government landed him in jail. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Teen blogger seeking US asylum fears return to Singapore

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Lawyer: Singapore teen seeking asylum detained until hearing

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FILE - In this May, 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to reporters while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail in Singapore. Yee, who is seeking seeking asylum after online posts mocking his government landed him jail, appeared in a Chicago immigration court Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, via video from an Illinois jail where he's been held since immigration authorities took him into custody at O'Hare International Airport in December 2016. Yee's attorneys submitted his asylum application Monday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Singapore teen submits US asylum claim in immigration court

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FILE - In this Tuesday, May, 12, 2015, file photo, Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks to reporters while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail in Singapore. Yee whose video posts and blogs mocking his government and its late founder landed him in jail twice has been detained in the U.S. where he is seeking asylum. Human Rights Watch called on the U.S. to recognize Amos Yee’s asylum claim, saying he has been consistently harassed in Singapore for publicly expressing his views. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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