Unwanted at home, free to strike again  FLUSHING, N.Y. — Qian Wu
thought the man who brutally attacked her was gone forever.  She
was sure that Huang Chen, a Chinese citizen who slipped into
America on a ship and stayed in the country illegally, would be
deported as soon as he got out of jail for choking, punching,
and pointing a knife at her in 2006.  But China refused to take
Chen back. So, after jailing Chen on and off for three years in
Texas, immigration officials believed they were out of options
and did what they have done with thousands of criminals like
him.  Advertisement - Continue Reading Below  They quietly let
him go.  Nobody warned Wu, or prosecutors, or the public. The
petite, 46-year-old woman learned Chen was still here when he
stormed into her unlocked apartment one day in January 2010 and
announced, “I bet you didn’t expect to see me.” Terrified, she
called the police, and he fled. But for two weeks, Chen was free
to stalk her and finally, to catch her as she hurried home with
milk and bre