Why are Chinese migrants fastest-growing group at southern border?
by: Aleksandra Bush
Posted: Feb 16, 2024 / 12:56 AM CST
Updated: Feb 16, 2024 / 12:56 AM CST
24K Chinese migrant encounters reported at the southern border in FY 2023
Some migrants say they are escaping Chinese Communist government
DOJ: More than 50% of Chinese migrants granted asylum in 2023
(NewsNation) — Customs and Border Protection reported more than 24,000 Chinese migrant encounters at the southern border last fiscal year, making the group the fastest-growing demographic crossing into the United States there.
Some migrants told NewsNation reporters they were escaping the Chinese Communist government and planned to seek asylum in the United States.
Zhang Kiayu, a Chinese migrant who made the journey to the U.S. in the spring of 2023, said he left China because of the strict COVID-19 policies. Kiayu said he was “yearning for American freedom.”
Kiayu said his journey began in Ecuador, where many migrants from China fly to because there is no visa requirement. Migrants then travel north to the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/why-are-chinese-migrants-fastest-growing-group-at-southern-border/