One Border Patrol unit saw more than 200 Chinese migrants on two separate days this week, which alone exceeds the total number of Chinese migrants encountered in 2021.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials told Fox News that the Border Patrol’s San Diego division arrested more than 200 Chinese nationals each day on May 1 and 2.
Agents encountered 223 migrants on Thursday, after encountering 262 on Wednesday.
That means more Chinese illegal immigrants entered the country illegally in two days than the 342 migrants encountered across the entire southern border in the entirety of fiscal year 2021.
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A Chinese immigrant speaks with a Border Patrol agent before being processed after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. (Brandon Bell)
The number has increased dramatically since 2021, with 1,970 encounters in 2022, more than 24,000 in 2023, and more than 24,200 encounters so far this year.
FOX News reported last month that the number of Chinese nationals entering the country illegally has surged by more than 6,300% since fiscal year 2021.
Some immigrants have previously told Fox News that they are seeking a better life in the United States.
“My English is not very good, so I don’t know anyone in America.” one immigrant said March. “I know that once I get to America, I will have to start all over again. But I want to have a good life in the future and I want my children to have a good education. We are trying to make it take root as soon as possible. “
But some lawmakers have expressed concerns about possible espionage by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and about fentanyl flowing into the United States. Fentanyl is often manufactured in Mexico using Chinese precursors and smuggled across the border.
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“There are numerous documented cases of Chinese nationals engaging in espionage and stealing military and economic secrets at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas; I said last year.
Early this year, Chinese illegal alien He was detained in California after entering a Marine Corps base without permission and ignoring orders to leave. In response to this incident, CBP emphasized that there will be consequences for anyone who enters the United States illegally, including those arriving from China.
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Immigrants line up in Jacumba, California. Border authorities are battling an influx of Chinese migrants in key border areas. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“DHS will continue to enforce.” US immigration law“We will expand legal channels while increasing enforcement impact against those who cross the border illegally,” the agency said.
“Individuals and families without a legal basis to be in the United States are subject to deportation under Title VIII authorities, with a minimum five-year suspension on re-entry applications, and subsequent re-entry without authorization. may result in criminal prosecution.”
However, because China is not cooperating with deportation planes from the US, the overwhelming majority of Chinese people will be released in large numbers.
At a recent House Appropriations Committee hearing, Acting ICE Director Patrick Rechleitner was asked by Republican Rep. John Rutherford of Florida to name the countries that have the hardest time returning their citizens who are being deported from the United States. asked to specify.
“Bhutan, at the top of the list, Cambodia, they continue to challenge, there is the People’s Republic of China, but recently there have been cautiously optimistic developments with China, so China is moving in the world. I want to say, this is the right direction.”
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He also said that ICE is working with other DHS agencies and the State Department to correct recalcitrant countries, but given other factors, such as geopolitical issues, “this is not an easy problem for both countries.” Ta.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently told House members there was one recent deportation flight to China after speaking with officials from the communist country.
