WASHINGTON – The number of Chinese immigrants trying to cross into the United States illegally has risen since President Biden took office, alarming Republicans in Congress as Beijing takes increasingly bold steps to spy on Americans.
As of October 1, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection reports finding 39,575 Chinese nationals, an increase of 115% over the number found in the last full fiscal year of former President Donald Trump’s term.
“When you open our borders, you don’t get to choose who gets through,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) told the Post on Thursday. “He [Chinese Communist Party] Infiltrating our country is a consequence of the Democrats’ open border policies that put our national security at risk.”
Between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020, CBP reports, 18,395 Chinese immigrants were caught trying to enter the United States. That number rose to 23,471 in fiscal year 2021 and 27,756 in fiscal year 2022.
As of August 1, the number of encounters with Chinese immigrants has already increased by 43% over the number encountered in all of fiscal year 2022, driven by at least 4,000 arrests per month starting in March of this year.
“I’ve been to the border and I can tell you firsthand: When we can’t control who comes into our country or what they bring, that’s a serious risk to national security,” said Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.). ) told the Post. “The CCP constantly seeks opportunities to infringe on our sovereignty, and President Biden’s border rulings are a welcome invitation that any of our adversaries can take advantage of.
The number of Chinese immigrants attempting to cross into the United States illegally has increased since President Biden took office.James Keivom
The COVID-19 pandemic likely played a role in the relatively low number of Chinese migrants encountered in fiscal 2020, experts said, noting that Chinese President Xi Jinping issued exit bans that prevented people from leaving their home. country, while the Trump administration issued Health Title 42. policy that allows authorities to quickly reject immigrants.
However, many of those policies continued under Biden, suggesting the recent surge is directly attributable to lax border enforcement. In June, the State Department reissued an advisory warning Americans traveling to China that the exit bans were still in effect and that Title 42 was still being used by border agents to remove immigrants until it expired in May of this year. anus.
“Biden’s self-inflicted border crisis is inviting China – our greatest adversary threat – to infiltrate our country and endanger the security of the American people,” said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). “This Administration’s disastrous policies are not only harming Americans, they are emboldening our adversaries.”
“States like Texas must exercise their constitutional authority to secure the border and protect their citizens when the federal government fails to do so,” he added.
As of Oct. 1, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports encountering 39,575 Chinese nationals, a 115% increase over the number encountered in the last full fiscal year of former President Donald Trump’s term.
While CBP did not respond to the Post’s request for more information about what could be causing the rapid increase, the dramatic increase comes in a year that has been marked by increasingly bold measures by Beijing to surveil USA. Although it’s not yet clear whether the two surprising trends are connected or a coincidence, Republicans say they should not be ignored.
In late January, China launched a spy balloon into U.S. airspace over Alaska, which the Biden administration watched cross the United States before ordering the Air Force to shoot it down off the coast of South Carolina about a week later. In June, the White House revealed that China has also been spying on US territory from a secret surveillance base in Cuba since at least 2019.
“We have no idea how many terrorists or foreign spies have taken advantage of Biden’s open border to enter the United States illegally,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) told The Post. “China has become more brazen in the last three years, and an open border would be an easy way for Xi to send agents into our country.”
The dramatic increase comes in a year that has been marked by increasingly bold measures by Beijing to surveil the United States.REUTERS
Marshall – who led a congressional trip to the US southern border in May the night before Title 42 ended – said Americans should be concerned not only about how many Chinese nationals have been detained by CBP, but also about those who evaded border agents and “are now here on our soil.”
“We have no idea who these people are and why they are here, but if the actions of the PCC under the Biden administration are any indication, it can’t be a good thing,” Marshall told the Post. “The sad reality is that the Chinese Communist Party is paying more attention to the vulnerabilities of our border than the Biden Administration.”
While the vast majority of Chinese trying to enter the United States are simply seeking a better life for themselves, Gordon G. Chang, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute of International Policy Counsel, warned earlier this year that a few could represent a large threat to the United States.
“Immigrants make countries stronger, and nearly all Chinese immigrants who cross the southern border will contribute to American society,” he wrote for the nonpartisan think tank in June. “Some, however, are coming to wage war on the United States.”
Regardless of the migrants’ intent, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the United States “must confront China and the cartels, and take steps now to ensure our borders”.
“No matter what is causing the rise in illegal Chinese migration – people fleeing oppression, assets infiltrating our country, or something in between – it is time for the Biden administration to end its dangerous and irresponsible policy of open borders,” he told The Correo.
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