Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S. (8 images)

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is assisted as he arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is assisted as he arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is assisted as he arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is assisted as he arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, in New York on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Chen was allowed to leave China after diplomats from the United States and China agreed on a deal. He gave a press conference on arrival in Greenwich Village. UPI/Dennis Van Tine

In this photo released by the U.S. embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Chuangcheng waits for a phone call in the U.S. embassy in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Chen was granted permission by the Chinese government to fly to the United States on May 19, 2012. UPI