A federal insider report obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation says federal officials are growing concerned about the routes Chinese immigrants are using to reach Florida illegally.
Reports say some Chinese immigrants are taking boats from the Bahamas to Florida. The report explores who is coordinating incidents between the Bahamas and Florida, where migrants operate in the Bahamas, and why Chinese migrants choose to “voluntarily smuggle” from Caribbean islands. He points out information gaps such as It also cites recent incidents of illegal immigration of Chinese nationals into Florida via the Bahamas.
The report said there have been five such incidents so far in which Chinese migrants have attempted to “voluntarily smuggle” them out of the Bahamas. One incident occurred on July 16 and involved a group of six Chinese immigrants. (Related: Illegal immigration spikes after Biden administration wins over border population)
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“The Chinese purchased a Bahamian-flagged vessel in the GBI and tested its capabilities before setting sail and being detained in Palm Beach. said about
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According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), arrests of illegal immigrants from China by border agents stationed in Florida have surged. data.
Investigators arrested 27 illegal immigrants from China in Florida between October and June 2022, up from five in 2022 overall and seven in 2021, according to data. However, it is unclear how many of the total number of Chinese immigrants caught by Florida authorities used smuggling routes in the Bahamas.
Federal officials at the U.S.-Mexico border have also recorded a recent increase in encounters with illegal Chinese immigrants. Between October and June 2022, border guards arrested more than 14,000 illegal immigrants from China at the southern border, compared to about 1,900 for the entire fiscal year 2022. according to to federal data.
“At present, extreme pessimism about the future of the country is widespread in China, especially among people in their 20s, and it is understandable that they are leaving China and entering the United States. belong to the relatively middle class, which indicates that the problem of Chinese society is serious,” said Gordon Chan, a China expert who previously described the surge in Chinese immigration across the southern border. told DCNF about.
“When I first saw the surge in Chinese immigration, the thought came to my mind that they were either Department of State Security agents or the Chinese military, and they were coming to this country to wreak havoc against the United States. It floated,” Chan says. Added.
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