The House Homeland Security Committee’s Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee plans to investigate the surge in Chinese nationals crossing the border illegally after the Biden administration eased screening procedures. Daily Caller News Foundation report.
according to customs and border security In the first six months of fiscal year 2024, Border Patrol agents across the country encountered 42,000 Chinese nationals, compared with 18,000 in the same period last year, according to the report.
The committee will hold a hearing on Thursday to discuss the nearly 8,000% increase in Chinese illegal immigration in the United States since March 2021, a committee spokesperson told DCNF. It is said that
“We have no idea who they are, why they’re here, and what their history is.”
“Wide open borders present a ripe opportunity for America,” U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-North Carolina), the subcommittee chairman, told news outlets. [Chinese Communist Party] To undermine our national security. ”
“This dramatic surge requires intense monitoring, especially since Border Patrol agents have been directed to reduce the number of Chinese nationals they screen in order to process Chinese nationals’ entry more quickly,” Bishop said. “As the Chinese Communist Party continues to seek geopolitical advantage and threaten our sovereignty, we must recognize the risks posed by releasing more and more Chinese people into society with minimal vetting. must be considered.”
Todd Bensman, national senior fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, is one of three experts scheduled to testify at Thursday’s hearing.
“Intelligence assessments indicate that China intends to increase its espionage and political repression activities in the United States in the coming years, and that will require an expanded workforce,” Bensman told DCNF. he said.
The news organization revealed earlier this year that the Biden administration had directed CBP to: Significantly reduce the number of questions Questions were asked of Chinese nationals who entered the country illegally after April 2023. The screening process, which previously consisted of 40 questions, has been reduced to five questions, effectively speeding up the release of illegal immigrants into the country. According to internal emails obtained by DCNF, the questions were about “military service,” “university,” “POB/region,” “employment,” and “political party.”
Benzman told DCNF that the administration’s policies “created the perfect conditions” for “the infiltration of Chinese espionage.” In his testimony, Mr. Bensman is expected to release photos of the identification documents and passports that Chinese nationals abandoned before crossing the border illegally.
Bill Wells, the mayor of El Cajon, California, recently shared a video with X showing hundreds of discarded and torn IDs found near the San Diego border. He noted that some of the IDs had been set on fire.
“There’s a reason for that. They don’t want anyone to know who they are. They want to apply for asylum, get a court date in five years, and disappear into the interior. thinking about.” Wells told Blaze News.. “We have no idea who they are, why they’re here, and what their history is.”
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