Near Record Amount Of Chinese Migrants Coming Over Southern Border | 452 Migrants In 3 Days

The U.S. southern border has begun to receive a new wave of Chinese illegal immigrants that threatens to break records.

Fox News reports that just between Saturday and Monday, 452 Chinese nationals were apprehended.

Remember that it is only the ones that were apprehended, not the total number that was crossed.

In 2023 alone, more than 24,314 Chinese nationals were recorded.

These numbers are concerning.

It is no secret that China is at odds with the United States and would likely use this opportunity to sneak in spies or worse.

Illegal Chinese immigrants enter the US via the southern border aided by Chinese TikTok

A recent report by "60 Minutes" has uncovered allegations that Chinese migrants are using social media, particularly Douyin (the Chinese equivalent of TikTok), to exploit weaknesses in the… pic.twitter.com/atQndVaw4F

— Spotlight on China (@spotlightoncn) February 15, 2024

The Folks at Fox News shares more:

A dramatic increase in Chinese illegal immigration is on track to break records at the southern border, with apprehensions from the communist country in one sector alone already eclipsing fiscal 2021 in just a few days.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources tell Fox News that between Saturday and Monday there were 452 Chinese nationals apprehended by Border Patrol in the San Diego Sector alone.

That’s more than the 450 apprehended in fiscal 2021 altogether across the entire southwest border.

The number of Chinese nationals has been increasing since fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, numbers increased to more than 2,000 border-wide. In fiscal 2023, that number then surged to more than 24,314.

So far in fiscal 2024, which began in October, there have been more than 18,750 encounters by the end of January, meaning that the fiscal year is already on track to exceed last year’s numbers. There were nearly 6,000 encounters in December alone.

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❌ An illegal Chinese immigrant was asked why he came to the US. He answered "to take money".

On the question if in China there's no job; "maybe, I don't know"

📝 Note: he won't give an answer in which city in the US he wants to go. pic.twitter.com/FgiMI0VKWA

— {Matt} $XRPatriot (@matttttt187) February 22, 2024

CNN shares more on how these Chinese migrants are crossing the border:

These arrivals are part of a staggering new trend. In the first 11 months of 2023, more than 31,000 Chinese citizens were picked up by law enforcement crossing illegally into the US from Mexico, government data shows – compared with an average of roughly 1,500 per year over the preceding decade.

Their numbers are still dwarfed by those from regional neighbors like Mexico, Venezuela, and Guatemala, and they are not alone in coming from other parts of the world. But the influx of people from China making that crossing spotlights the urgency many now feel to leave their native country, even in the midst of what leader Xi Jinping has claimed is a “national rejuvenation.”

Many who left point to a struggle to survive.

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Three years of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions left people across China out of work – and disillusioned with the ruling Communist Party’s increasingly tight grip on all aspects of life under Xi. Now, hope that business would fully rebound once restrictions ended a year ago has vanished, with China’s once envious economic growth stuttering.

Others nod to restrictions on personal life in China, where Xi has overseen a sweeping crackdown on free speech, civil society and religion in the country of 1.4 billion.

“We are Christians,” one neatly dressed middle-aged man said simply when asked what had led him there – a bare encampment thousands of miles from home.

These Chinese nationals join migrants from around the world whose numbers have overwhelmed the southwestern US border with illegal crossings in recent months. Most are seeking asylum after they cross – a pathway that may narrow in the coming weeks as Congress is expected to move to stem that flow amid a fierce debate over immigration.

For now, people from China are on track to be the fastest growing group making those crossings, according to a CNN analysis of the latest law enforcement data on border encounters.

It’s a concern that many military-aged men are crossing the border.

Not just from China but from all of these countries.