The DHS sent over 100 illegal Chinese immigrants back to China. The department promises this is the first deportation of many.
From The Wall Street Journal. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that 116 Chinese nationals were deported back to China, a move that came after a surge of Chinese migrants entering at the U.S. southern border in recent years.
The charter flight took place over the weekend and in coordination with the Chinese government, according to the DHS, which said it was the first large such flight since 2018.
The removal operation followed recent engagement between U.S. and Chinese authorities. …
The U.S. started to see a surge in Chinese migrants coming through Latin America in 2023. Since the start of the government’s budget year in October through May, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have apprehended 31,077 Chinese nationals along the southwestern border, about a quarter of total arrests at the border during the period.
The Chinese migrants crossing the border are generally people from underprivileged groups, with low incomes, education levels and skills and with little or no chance of securing a U.S. visa. Their departures have often been driven by economic hardship or traumatic encounters with Chinese authorities. …
The [DHS] said it would continue to cooperate with Beijing for additional removal flights, adding that the two countries were “working to reduce and deter irregular migration and to disrupt illicit human smuggling through expanded law-enforcement efforts.” …
Ecuador this month stopped waiving visas for Chinese citizens. The South American country was one of the few in the Americas to offer visa-free travel for Chinese nationals, providing an entry point for many Chinese migrants bound for the U.S.
The DHS said in its statement that the U.S. welcomed Ecuador’s move “given smugglers’ efforts to exploit that route.” …
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