First appearance on Fox: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) hopes to narrow China’s influence in the United States with a new bill he plans to introduce Thursday that would ban asylum for Chinese immigrants with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). ing.
Mr. Rubio’s “Chinese Communist Party Spies No Asylum Act,” first obtained by Fox News Digital, would only grant asylum to citizens who meet the following conditions: publicly renounced the Chinese Communist Party or totalitarian alliance; They can prove that their membership was forced or that the immigrant was under 16 years of age. or simply for the purpose of obtaining employment or food. Or the Department of Defense determines that immigrants do not pose a threat to national security.
“Americans are facing the consequences of the Biden administration’s open borders policy, which is creating chaos and endangering our communities,” Rubio, the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, told Fox News Digital. said.
He added: “We don’t know who is entering our country illegally. This is an opportunity for the Chinese Communist Party to further exploit and threaten our democracy and national security interests.”
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, on Thursday introduced legislation to ban asylum for Chinese Communist spies. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
So far in 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered approximately 40,000 Chinese nationals at the southern and northern borders, far more than the approximately 23,500 and 27,800 in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Exceeds.
More than 6,000 people crossed the border in July, just two months after coronavirus-era rules allowing for the expedited expulsion of illegal immigrants (known as Title 42) expired.
“It is clear that much of the increase in Chinese immigration is a result of President Biden’s failed border policies,” Rubio’s office said in a statement. “This demonstrates a sophisticated attempt by the Chinese Communist Party to skew U.S. generosity, particularly when it comes to visas, and that current inconsistencies in U.S. asylum law are exacerbated by the increase in Chinese immigration and could be exploited.” Highly sexual.”
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The bill’s sponsors include Sens. Roger Marshall of Kansas, Rick Scott of Florida, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Braun of Indiana, and Pete Ricketts of Nebraska. Members of Congress, including Tennessee Sens. Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn.
The House plans to introduce a companion bill authored by Republican Reps. Mark Greene (Tennessee), Troy Neals (Texas), and Byron Donald (Florida).
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Hundreds of immigrants are seen sleeping outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan on July 31, 2023. (via Luis C. Ribeiro, NY Daily News, Getty Images)
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The bill was introduced a day after a coalition of Republican senators sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern about thousands of Chinese nationals crossing the border. Mr. Rubio also signed the letter.
“This trend poses a serious threat to national security and requires immediate attention and action from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),” the Republican leaders wrote.
