Families of Americans in Chinese Prisons Look to Trump: 'We Need His Leadership'

News Staff : May 13, 2026
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[NewsNation.com] The families of two Americans imprisoned in China have asked President Donald Trump to advocate for their release during his meeting with President Xi Jinping this week. Dawn Michelle Hunt and Nelson Wells Jr. have both been held in China for more than a decade, after Chinese authorities convicted them on drug charges. Their families say they were scammed into unknowingly carrying narcotics and that both have endured abuse in prison. Cynthia and Nelson Wells Sr., Wells' parents, and Tim Hunt, Hunt's brother, tell "Morning in America" that the fight for their release has never stopped. "She is in distress. She wants to come home. This has changed her life. Her mental outlook is, you know, is very poor, very weak," Tim Hunt said. "She was a victim of a scam, and she's paying the ultimate price. She's given up so many years of her life that she'll never be able to give back. Her health is in decline, and we just want her back home."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via NewsNation)