The U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Fox News that it has encountered over 30,000 Chinese nationals since October 1.
The sources confirmed the numbers after the border patrol took in 118 Chinese nationals in San Diego on Saturday.
From Fox News:
The number of Chinese nationals encountered at the border since Oct. 1 is a 8,600% increase over all fiscal year 2021, when only 342 Chinese nationals were nabbed across the entire southern border.Since Oct. 1, CBP in the San Diego sector alone has encountered 8,900 illegal immigrants from India, 7,800 from Turkey, 2,900 from Uzbekistan, 4,400 from Mauritania, 3,000 from Vietnam, and 5,600 from Guinea.Some migrants previously told Fox News that they are seeking a better life in the United States.”My English is not very good, and I don’t know anyone in the United States,” one migrant said in March. “Once I get to the United States, I know I have to start all over again. But I want to live a good life in the future, and I want my children to be educated well. I strive to take root in the United States as soon as possible.”
I do not doubt that many people crossing the border want a better life, especially for their families.
But remember the Turkish man who spoke to Bill Melugin? You don’t know which ones are the good ones.
The Chinese national statistics are interesting because of the potential for espionage and organized crime.
I wrote about Chinese organized crime affecting Oklahoma with illegal marijuana farms. The DOJ wants to sue Oklahoma for its immigration laws, but what should we do?
In 2022, a quadruple murder shook Oklahoma at an illegal marijuana farm in Hennessey, OK. A Chinese national pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. He claimed the four people owed him $300,000.
NPR has a fascinating interview describing why Chinese organized crime and Mexican cartels target Oklahoma. Read this part:
ROTELLA: Sure. I mean, these are thousands of workers, most of them themselves Chinese immigrants, many of whom come across the Mexican border. I interviewed one who, you know – it’s classic odyssey, coming from China all the way through South America, up across the Mexican border, gets caught, applies for asylum, gets released, makes his way to New York, and he hears that that there’s work in the marijuana farms of Oklahoma. So he shows up. He’s, you know, in Oklahoma and gets to work and he finds, you know, hundreds and thousands like him. And they are working on these farms.
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