House Republicans Demand Answers From Biden Admin Over Countries Refusing to Take Back Illegal Aliens

House Republicans, led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), demanded DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and AG Merrick Garland provide answers about countries that refuse to take back illegal aliens.

“Unfortunately, in some cases, the administration has lifted visa sanctions from recalcitrant countries such as Laos in February 2022 after reportedly facing pressure from non-governmental organizations to rescind the visa ban,” wrote the representatives. “Ensuring a timely return of removable aliens should be a priority for the administration. The administration should ensure every country accepts all its repatriated citizens, with no exceptions.”

Chinese nationals are a growing group of people who cross our borders. We’ve seen others from Turkey, Senegal, Romanians, etc.

In other words, most people crossing our borders are not from Mexico or the Northern Triangle countries (Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador).

The representatives want to know “the status of the thousands of Chinese nationals as well as other illegal aliens from recalcitrant countries living in the U.S. today.”

Our government has a solid list of countries considered recalcitrant (uncooperative):

Unfortunately, in some cases, the administration has lifted visa sanctions from recalcitrant countries such as Laos in February 2022 after reportedly facing pressure from non-governmental organizations to rescind the visa ban. Ensuring a timely return of removable aliens should be a priority for the administration. The administration should ensure every country accepts all its repatriated citizens, with no exceptions.As of July 2020, ICE also listed Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Pakistan, and Russia as recalcitrant countries. Additionally, ICE considers Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Burma, Ethiopia, Gambia, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, North Macedonia, Samoa, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tonga, Ukraine, Vietnam and Yemen at risk of non compliance.

The representatives concentrated on China, claiming China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) pose the gravest “threats to the United States’ economic and national security.”

The number of Chinese nationals exploded in 2024:

As of May 2024, more than 31,309 Chinese nationals were encountered at the southern border this fiscal year. With four months remaining in fiscal year 2024, the U.S. has already surpassed the record 24,314 Chinese nationals encounters recorded in FY 2023. Indeed, from FY 2020 to FY 2023, there was a 1,800% increase in Chinese illegal alien apprehensions at the southern border.Further, in April 2023, it was reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) instructed its agents to reduce the number of interview questions to vet Chinese nationals from 40 to only five, which undoubtedly makes it more difficult for CBP officials to detect security threats, especially after they are released into the interior.Concerningly, in FY 2023, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) only removed 288 Chinese nationals from the U.S. while it encountered tens of thousands of Chinese illegal aliens at the southern border the same year. Additionally, roughly 100,000 Chinese nationals with final orders of removal remain in the country, as Beijing has been slow or outright refused to accept the repatriation of its citizens. On July 2, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it conducted “the first large charter flight since 2018” of returning Chinese nationals with the cooperation of the PRC but did not reveal if these aliens had criminal backgrounds, harbored ties to espionage networks, or the specific reasons for removal. A news report found that DHS only expelled 116 Chinese nationals in the charter flight.

The DEA uncovered a money laundering scheme between Chinese organized crime and the Sinaloa Cartel.

Wealthy Chinese nationals face obstacles when they want to transfer assets to America. The Chinese government doesn’t allow them to transfer more than $50,000 annually out of China.

The drug cartel gives the Chinese organized gangs access to U.S. dollars. The Chinese gangs buy materials needed to make drugs for the drug cartel.

Numerous marijuana farms across the country have opened thanks to Chinese money.

In fact, Oklahoma changed immigration laws because of the relationship between Chinese organized crime and Mexican drug cartels.

Tags: Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden Immigration, Border Crisis, China, DHS, DOJ, Merrick Garland

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