Dozens of Chinese migrants spotted entering US illegally in California border town of Jacumba and say they’re here to ‘take the money’ along with others from Syria and Turkey
Shocking images and videos taken in California this weekend show dozens of Chinese migrants arriving in the border town of Jacumba and brazenly telling reporters how they are there to “take the money.”
Video of the migrants shows dozens and dozens, possibly even hundreds, of migrants crossing the international border near Jacumba, California, according to footage captured by Griff Jenkins of Fox News.
“This is one of the largest groups of Chinese I have ever encountered and there were two groups crossing at the same time in Jacumba, CA,” the correspondent tweeted last week.
Two large groups of migrants, a new phenomenon we are seeing at the border, arrived in Jacumba, California on February 15, according to Fox News.
Dozens of Chinese migrants showed up at once, as there has been a recent surge in the number of migrants from China arriving at the US-Mexico border.
More than 150 Chinese nationals a day have been illegally sneaking into the U.S. since October, according to startling new statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
When asked why he came to America, a young man from Guangzhou replied: ‘To take the money’
Others who arrived in Jacumba came from Turkey and Syria. Border Patrol agents previously warned lawmakers in Washington that it is impossible for them to police everyone entering the country because the numbers are so out of control
According to startling statistics from the US Customs and Border Protection, the parent organization of the US Border Patrol, more than 150 Chinese people have been illegally sneaking into the US every day since October.
More than 37,000 Chinese migrants have reportedly been encountered at the border in fiscal year 2023 — with as many as 20,000 more since October, when fiscal year 2024 began.
The number is about 100,000 higher than in the same period last year.
The Chinese wave is part of a historic and overwhelming wave of migrants that has been seen at the country’s southern border since 2021.
The U.S. is seeing more migrants than ever before, and from more countries than ever before, federal statistics show.
Chinese nationals now make up the fastest growing fraction of illegal border crossings into the US, with more than 20,000 arrests since October
CBP sources said the number of total migrant crossings has risen above 1 million since October, compared to the same time frame last year (923,446).
An asylum-seeking migrant from China holds up his passport and paperwork as he is photographed by a U.S. Border Patrol in December 2023
The high success rate of Chinese asylum claims is a long-standing trend, but has come into the spotlight following a spike in the number of illegal crossings by Chinese migrants last year
The migrants are headed to the West Coast because that may be their final destination, Border Congressman Tony Gonzales (R, Texas) told DailyMail.com.
“While I’ve talked to different agencies about why some communities (migrant groups) go to one place and others go to another, it depends on which cartel controls that pipeline,” Gonzales explained.
“It’s very clear that the Sinaloa Cartel is the one controlling the operation and sending more Chinese into the California corridor…the California/Arizona corridor that they control. That’s half the equation.
‘The other half is where the population goes. Where are the large populations of Asian Americans located? In California, New York is a different area, but that area on the West Coast is a big population center for them.”
The Chinese arrivals have raised concerns among elected officials about why the citizens of an American enemy are coming here in increasing numbers.
“It’s hard to put everyone into one box: that they’re all tourists, that they’re all gang members, that they’re all bad actors,” the Republican added.
According to government data, more successful asylum claims in the US are made by Chinese migrants than by any other nationality
‘At the same time, you cannot say that they all come here for their opportunities and are fleeing Xi’s repressive regime.
“This is again: why is it so important that we have zero people come over illegally, and that all these people who are seeking asylum have their cases processed immediately.
“No matter what ethnicity or country you come from, you will get your day in court and if you don’t qualify, you will be deported back to China, Venezuela or wherever you come from.”