Flight Instructor tried to deport student to China

A pilot kidnapped a foreign student and tried to deport him to China, police say

California police say they thwarted a vigilante deportation attempt last week — in which a pilot allegedly kidnapped a foreign student, took him to an airport and tried to send him “back to China.”
Jonathan McConkey, a pilot and certified flight instructor, is accused of orchestrating the kidnapping with his assistant, Kelsi Hoser, a ground instructor. Both reportedly worked at the IASCO Flight Training school in Redding, Calif.
Among IASCO’s students were dozens of Chinese nationals with student visas, according to court records. KRCR News 7 reported the school contracted with China’s civil aviation authority to train its new pilots, one of whom was apparently Tianshu “Chris” Shi.

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“You’re going home, with or without your luggage,” a man’s voice told Shi, as transcribed by the newspaper.“If you cannot speak English, you are not going to be able to stay here,” added a woman whose voice alternated between English and Mandarin.
“Do you understand what ‘in my custody’ means?” the man told Shi. “It means I will forcibly remove you … If you want the police to come with guns, I got you on that. Alright? You ... is leaving right now.”
The man continued to curse. He threatened to break Shi’s arm, the Searchlight wrote, and finally told the student:
“The United States government needs you out of this country right now, you understand?”
“You are here illegal, you know that,” added the woman. “If you don’t go with us, you go to jail.”
Police said McConkey “battered” Shi during the argument.

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Police have not responded to request for more details on the arrests.
The Searchlight reported that Shi plans to hire an attorney, and that at least one other Chinese student in the program has accused McConkey and Hoser of attempting to expel him from the country under nearly identical circumstances.

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TIDE-HSV said:

I don't think they realize the depth of their legal problems...

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