Border agents apprehend 182 Chinese citizens who crossed into US illegally in key sector: source
The number of Chinese citizens encountered at the southern border's San Diego Sector has exceeded that of Mexican citizens so far in fiscal year 2024
By Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin Fox News
Published April 3, 2024 5:23pm EDT
U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 182 Chinese citizens who crossed illegally into the United States through a key sector of the southern border on Tuesday, Fox News has learned.
The Chinese nationals were caught after crossing into the San Diego Sector, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source told Fox News, which has seen large numbers of Chinese migrants in recent months.
More than 22,000 Chinese nationals have been apprehended by the Border Patrol since Oct. 1.
Fox News Digital has reached out to border authorities.
The number of Chinese citizens arrested after crossing illegally has dramatically increased in recent years from 342 in 2021 to 22,233 since Oct. 1, the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year.
Fiscal year 2022 saw 1,987 arrests and 24,125 were reported for fiscal year 2023.
The number of Chinese migrants being encountered in the San Diego Sector is exceeding that of Mexican citizens, according to CBP data. Since October, the number of Chinese migrants encountered by border authorities is second only to Colombia (28,000). Third is Mexican nationals with 18,000, followed by Brazil (8,700) and Ecuador (7,700).
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