Chinese Artist Wins Right to Stay in U.S.

Attorney Carl Shusterman and Artist Shao-Kuang Ting

Shao-Kuang Ting, the noted Chinese artist, presents his painting “Lost Love” to his attorney Carl Shusterman after receiving the right to reside legally in the U.S.

Ting, a native of the Peoples Republic of China, was granted a single-entry visa to visit his mother in U.S. in the early 1980s. Mother and son were separated during the Communist Revolution of 1949.

While in the U.S., Ting’s American friends asked him to accompany them on a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico. When they attempted to cross the border back into the U.S., INS officials refused to allow Ting to re-enter the country. Ting’s friends contacted Congressman John Rousselot (R-CA) who contacted immigration attorney Carl Shusterman.

Arguing that the “Chinese Picasso” was being denied entry into the U.S., Shusterman persuaded the Immigration Service (INS) to allow Ting to enter the U.S. and later to become a permanent resident and, finally, to obtain U.S. citizenship.