OAN’s Taylor Tinsley
4:19pm – Monday, February 12, 2024
As thousands of migrants continue to arrive at the southern border, Chinese immigrants say TikTok videos show how and where to illegally enter the United States.
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Recently featured corner CBS“60 Minutes” showed dozens of migrants entering the United States through a gap in the border fence in Jacumba, California, just 90 miles east of San Diego.
This comes amid a surge in Chinese immigration, many of whom are seeking political asylum.
Some border crossers said they traveled 40 days through at least seven countries to reach Mexico.
Crew members said smugglers dropped off a new vehicle every 30 minutes for four days, bringing the total number of migrants to nearly 600.
A 37-year-old Chinese woman told “60 Minutes” that she learned about the entrance through TikTok.
Some videos on Chinese-run social media platforms even teach users how to find gaps in the border wall and even hire smugglers to give them a ride.
A TikTok spokesperson said the platform prohibits human smuggling and removes such videos.
Meanwhile, TikTok’s website states that TikTok “provides a place for survivors of human exploitation to share their stories and for immigrants and refugees to document their journeys, so we create a space for them.” “We provide the following.”
TikTok is not banned in mainland China, just “inaccessible.” The country has its own version of the platform called Douyin, which requires a Chinese phone number.
However, citizens were able to find ways to use TikTok instead of Douyin, such as installing third-party systems on their phones or not inserting Chinese SIM cards.
Created by ByteDance, Douyin was launched in 2016, and the company released TikTok as an overseas alternative in late 2016.
Approximately 37,000 Chinese nationals were apprehended at the border in 2023, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
by Ministry of Justice 2,681 people, or 55% of Chinese immigrants, were granted asylum.
Meanwhile, immigration reform remains a top issue heading into the 2024 election as Senate Republicans reject the latest border bill.
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