I’ve noticed quite often how many on the Right will uphold Chinese Americans as the “Model Minority” but now are paranoid about more Chinese coming. It’s also funny how some on the right including some posters here love the show Warrior yet basically repeat the antagonists’ rhetoric of that show that we shouldn’t allow so many Chinese into the country.
Terrible story and you would think that Congress would want to pass a bill as fast a possible that funds more detention spaces so we could prevent situations like this.
Seems to be less authoritarian if they are letting all of these men leave. Unless the china gov has something to do with the influx.
Sounds like they flew out legally, then connected with smugglers to get to the border. Once there, with social media help, they know where to cross and waited there for CBP to pick them up, then claim asylum. These migrants know more about our asylum system than Americans (not surprisingly, since they won't risk everything without knowing that the US system has to take them in once they cross over). Everyone in the whole world knows our asylum system (what some call "open borders"). Until Congress fixes it, this problem will never go away and is going to get worse when countries fail their citizens and they decide to flee. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chines...group-us-mexico-border-60-minutes-transcript/ With the help of a translator, we learned a little about the Chinese migrants coming through. We also met a banker and small business owners. Some of the migrants made a grueling journey through Central America with dusty backpacks…but we noticed middle class migrants from China arriving with rolling bags. They told us they took flights all the way to Mexico. Some flew from China to Ecuador, because it doesn't require a visa for Chinese nationals. Then, took flights to Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants told us they connected with smugglers, or what they call snake heads, in Tijuana. And they each paid them about $400 for the hour-long drive that ended here…at the gap… Sharyn Alfonsi: Why did you decide to come to the United States? Female migrant/Translator speaking English: Oh, it's hard to live there … hard to find jobs. Sharyn Alfonsi: What did you do? Did you work in China? Female migrant/Translator speaking English: She worked in the factory but now it's hard to work in the factory. Sharyn Alfonsi: Was this-- trip expensive? Female migrant /Translator speaking English: Yeah. She said it was…and that she sold her house to cover the $14,000 cost of her trip to the U.S. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 37,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended crossing illegally from Mexico into the U.S.…that's 50 times more than two years earlier. Many of the migrants told us they made the journey to escape China's increasingly repressive political climate and sluggish economy. This 37-year-old woman said China's COVID lockdown destroyed her child care business. She left her two young children with family at home. Sharyn Alfonsi: And why did you decide to come to the United States? 37-year-old female migrant/translator speaking English: Many reasons. Sharyn Alfonsi: For work or? 37-year-old female migrant/translator speaking English: Not … not entirely. Sharyn Alfonsi: OK. What-- what reasons? 37-year-old female migrant/translator speaking English: Freedom. Sharyn Alfonsi: Freedom. We wondered how all of these migrants…knew about this particular entryway into California. The answer was in their hands. Translator: TikTok, TikTok. Sharyn Alfonsi: Oh you learned on TikTok. TikTok is a social media platform created in China. The posts we found had step-by-step instructions for hiring smugglers and detailed directions to that hole we visited. We were struck by just how orderly and routine it all seemed. The migrants walked about a half mile down a dirt road and waited in line for U.S. Border Patrol to arrive so they could surrender. The land they are waiting on is owned by 75-year-old Jerry Shuster, a retiree. Sharyn Alfonsi: The whole world seems to know there's a way in. And it's on your property. Jerry Shuster: They're all doing this. They're all doing this. when they come over here, they come with the suitcases. They come prepared with the computers just like they got off on a Norwegian cruise ship yesterday. Shuster owns 17 acres…just north of the border fence and a quarter mile outside of Jacumba Hot Springs, California. Population 540. ...
Sharyn Alfonsi: OK. What-- what reasons? 37-year-old female migrant/translator speaking English: Freedom. Sharyn Alfonsi: Freedom. She clearly hasn't heard about Joe Biden's America...
How are you going to build more detention spaces , hire more border security or even build more wall without money?
