Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Chinese nationals illegally entering U.S .in record numbers since 2021

Of the more than 140,000 Chinese who've illegally entered the country since fiscal 2021, one recently was apprehended at a Marine Corps base at the southwest border.

El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino reported that Border Patrol agents "Responded to a call from the Marine Corp Base about a Chinese national who entered the base without authorization, ignoring orders to leave." TCS border crisis Chinese foreign national A Chinese foreign national was apprehended at a Marine Corps base at the southwest border.

The El Centro Sector spans 71 linear miles along the border with Mexico in primarily desert and mountainous terrain.

The Chinese national was "Confirmed to be in the country illegally," Bovino said and "His purpose and intent behind his actions are still being investigated." Of the record number of Chinese nationals illegally entering the U.S. along the southwest border, the majority are entering California; at the northern border, the majority are entering in New York, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.

TCS border crisis China foreign nationals Chinese U.S Customs and Border Protection In fiscal 2021, 23,471 Chinese nationals illegally entered the U.S. nationwide.

From fiscal 2021 through February 2024, nearly 50,000 illegally entered through the southwest border.

TC border crisis Chinese foreign nationals China U.S. Customs and Border Protection Of those illegally entering from Mexico, the majority are being apprehended in California, totaling a record more than 35,000, according to CBP data. 

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f75b6a94-f11c-11ee-bd59-d36854b913d1.html 

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