So, it triggers concerns.  Does it trigger actions?  Not that much concern I guess.

Surge of Chinese immigrants crossing border triggers national security concerns
By
Anna Giaritelli
April 23, 2024 3:46 pm
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The number of Chinese citizens coming across the southern border from Mexico has skyrocketed to the fastest-growing demographic of illegal immigrants in recent months, triggering serious concerns among lawmakers in Washington.

Tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants have been arrested by Border Patrol agents over the past year, far beyond the hundreds to a couple of thousand seen in recent history preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Customs and Border Protection data. In 2022, fewer than 2,000 Chinese people were stopped at the southern boundary.


In the first half of fiscal 2024 (from October 2023 to March 2024), Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border caught 24,214 Chinese illegal immigrants who had come into the country by walking through unfenced areas. The figure is more than the record-high 24,048 Chinese immigrants arrested in all of 2023.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2976033/surge-chinese-immigrants-crossing-border-national-security-concerns/

House Committee Aims to Stop Illegal Aliens from Slanting Congressional Apportionment
April 26, 2024
 
Kari Jacobson
Government Relations Associate
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability recently approved Congressmen Chuck Edwards’ (R-N.C.) and Warren Davidson’s (R-Ohio) H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.  H.R. 7109 would reinstate a citizenship question on the decennial census and only allow United States citizens to count towards determining the number of congressional seats – which also allocates Electoral College votes for presidential elections. The bill was advanced by a vote of 22-20, with every Democrat voting against it.

During the Oversight Committee’s markup, Republican members emphasized the commonsense purpose of the bill, while Democrats argued fervently that it was partisan, and moved the country backwards. Congressman Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said, “The only people who should be able to make political decisions within the framework of a representative government are the citizens of that government of that nation…that’s not xenophobic, that’s common-sense.” In contrast, Democrats on the committee repeatedly called the bill a shameful attack on illegal aliens. Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) claimed that, “You have to count everyone for representation, everyone deserves representation.”  And Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) stated, “I think it’s really shameful that we have this effort…It certainly in my opinion is a direct attack especially on undocumented people in this country.”

While illegal aliens are not allowed to vote in federal elections, a population spike in some states due to illegal immigration could impact congressional district and Electoral College apportionments. According to a 2023 FAIR analysis of Census Bureau data, at least 16.8 million illegal aliens now reside in the United States. That figure represents an increase of at least 2.3 million aliens since President Biden took office in January 2021. The spike in the illegal alien population ties together with new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) showing that the nation’s broader foreign-born population has also exploded, increasing 15.6 percent since 2010. That data reveals that the foreign-born population has now reached 13.9 percent (46.2 million) of the total U.S. population, up from 12.9 percent (40 million) in 2010.

https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/04/26/house-committee-aims-stop-illegal-aliens-slanting-congressional-apportionment

Two Swing State Polls Show Immigration Is on the Ballot in November
That benefits Trump, but only as long as voters are paying attention to the border
 
By Andrew R. Arthur on April 26, 2024
Two recently released polls show immigration is on the ballot and may be the deciding issue in the November presidential election. While American voters largely slept on this issue throughout the first three years of the Biden administration, they have received a rude awakening of late — but they could always again lose focus on the border as the election year heats up and the media offers other distractions.

One poll was conducted by Morning Consult for Bloomberg and the other by British opinion firm Redfield & Wilton Strategies (RWS) for the Telegraph (UK). The Morning Consult/Bloomberg poll involved 4,969 registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and it has a margin of error of +/- 1 percent. The RWS poll included 5,010 voters in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, with no reported margin of error.

Morning Consult/Bloomberg. The first thing that sticks out in the Morning Consult/Bloomberg poll are two similar questions, one that asks respondents whether the economy is on the right track or wrong track nationally, and one that posits the same question locally.

Just 30 percent of those polled believed that the national economy is on the right track, but 43 percent thought the same about economic conditions in their own states. In other words, the rest of the country is going to hell in a handbasket in the minds of most voters, but in those seven swing states, things could be worse. Overall, though, the economic picture is grim.

https://cis.org/Arthur/Two-Swing-State-Polls-Show-Immigration-Ballot-November

 Biden is the least popular president in 70 years — below even Nixon and Carter, scathing poll finds
By Social Links for Mary Kay Linge
Published April 27, 2024
Updated April 27, 2024, 1:07 p.m. ET
It’s a low blow for Joe.

Joe Biden is the least popular commander in chief at this point of his presidency in the last 70 years, below even Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, according to a blistering new poll — imperiling his chances of re-election.

Biden, 81, notched a dismal 38.7% job approval rating for the first quarter of 2024, the venerable Gallup Poll found in a survey released Friday, three points lower than that of the one-term George H.W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.

“With about six months remaining before Election Day, Biden stands in a weaker position than any prior incumbent,” the pollsters concluded.

In contrast, former President Donald Trump, who is vying with Biden for a second White House term, had a 46.8% approval rating at this point in his presidency.

Even Nixon and Carter had higher ratings than Biden, with 53.7% and 47.7%, respectively, and Eisenhower had the highest rating at 73.2%, according to the poll.

The results of Gallup’s presidential approval polls, which the organization has compiled since the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower began in 1952, have been strongly predictive of re-election success.

Gallup’s national survey of 1,001 Americans, conducted from April 1 to April 22, has a 4-point margin of error.

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https://nypost.com/2024/04/27/us-news/biden-least-popular-president-in-70-years-below-nixon-carter-gallup-poll/