The Biden administration's Customs and Border Protection agency has effectively expedited the interview process for Chinese immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. Daily Caller News Foundation First reported.
According to information from April Email CBP inspectors have told about 500 Border Patrol agents to reduce the number of interview questions for Chinese immigrants who entered the country illegally from about 40 to five, according to information obtained by DCNF from former law enforcement officials. instructed.
“We have received guidance from headquarters regarding the Chinese nationals we are detaining,” the email said. “There are no requirements such as 100% Chinese in-depth interviews or phone downloads.”
The email states that illegal immigrants from China will only be asked “basic questions” including information about “military service,” “university,” “POB/region,” “employment,” and “political affiliation.” has been done.
According to emails obtained by DCNF, Chinese immigrants who have served in the military, attended certain universities, are from Xinjiang, or are affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party are subject to “in-depth interviews by tactical counterterrorism teams.” “They will be introduced and transported for the purpose of their treatment.” Added. Government employees and people who worked in the scientific, technical, medical and financial industries will also be referred for further questioning, the email said.
Alternatively, for those who “do not pay attention to the above”, there is no need to further delay the current processing path – NTA/OR [Notice to Appear/Order of Recognizance]” wrote the CBP supervisor.
addition document According to documents obtained by DCNF, most of the undocumented immigrants arrested have no prior arrest history, purpose of travel, international mobile device ID and serial number of their cell phones, foreign address, religion, social media accounts, and It was revealed that they were being asked a rather long list of questions, including information about their presence or absence. They have handled weapons. Migrants are also asked to provide the names of their mother and father, the document said.
JJ Carell, a former CBP deputy patrol officer, told the DCNF that the inspector general's directive to reduce the number of interview questions effectively speeds up the release of illegal Chinese immigrants into the country while making border security more difficult. He said he is making it a reality. Agents identify security threats.
“This policy change has accelerated processing times for illegal Chinese immigrants. It does not make America safer,” Carell said. “The end result will be the release of still dangerous Chinese illegal immigrants into the United States.”
“This is just the government covering their butts, so you can say the government has done their due diligence,” Carell continued. “I think the government is aware of the threat of Chinese soldiers and spies pouring into America and wants to identify these people. But the same government is trying to stop the influx of illegal aliens and Chinese people. They are not doing it, they are just “bad people”, and that is impossible. ”
A former official who provided emails to DCNF said human smugglers will take advantage of the expedited process and coach Chinese migrants on how to answer questions to get through the vetting process as quickly as possible. .
“We decided on a location almost immediately.” [the Chinese illegal immigrants] I knew what to say and what not to say,” the former official warned.
Karel told DCNF that the migrants' “stories are the same” and that human smugglers operate a “highly coordinated” operation guiding migrants “from the beginning of their journey.”
After answering five questions, illegal Chinese immigrants could be released into the United States and given a court date that could be years in the future, former officials said. Before the April directive to reduce the number of questions, it took officials about four hours to process one Chinese illegal immigrant, the former government official added.
The Department of Homeland Security and CBP did not respond to DCNF's requests for comment.
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