Chinese nationals are increasingly entering the U.S. through the southern border, with many using TikTok for guidance.
Motivations include political persecution and economic challenges in China.
The surge raises concerns about national security and the potential for exploitation by adversaries.
“Confucius Never Said” author Helen Raleigh said, “They were really driven by, first of all, the open invitation of our lawless border.”
“Everybody else is doing it, facing no consequences, so they are following those examples. And secondly, but most importantly, they were driven by China’s, political, ongoing political persecution and a deteriorating economic situation,” she continued.
“Nobody feels safe in China, and… on the economic front, there’s a high youth unemployment rate. The stock markets are deteriorating. People saw the biggest drop of their salaries last year, as well as the property market, slumping and the property market especially hurting people’s confidence because over 70% of the Chinese people have their personal wealth tied to properties,” explained the author.
“So all these factors combined are driving people to come here,” she added.
Field reporter Julio Rosas said, “This really hasn’t happened before, at least in these large numbers.”
“We’re not even talking about people from Asia. But we just had that recent report where an al-Shabab terrorist didn’t even avoid Border Patrol. He turned himself in, he was processed and released, and was in the country for over a year before the U.S. government realized their mistake,” he continued.
“This is very concerning. I’ve been raising the warning for quite some time about this,” added Rosas.
Despite TikTok’s efforts to remove related content, the porous border remains a point of vulnerability.
A TikTok spokesperson stated, “TikTok strictly prohibits human smuggling which we remove from our platform and report to law enforcement when warranted.”
The influx of Chinese migrants, often traveling through Latin America, has led to a significant rise in apprehensions, prompting worries about the potential for security risks.
Rosas reported, “It’s what we’ve been seeing for the past few years now, and the fact that there’s no fear, the fact that we have Border Patrol essentially trying to hide from illegal immigrants and illegal immigrants are the ones trying to find Border Patrol, that just shows how crazy things have become under this administration.”
He added, “It’s not even central or even South Americans anymore. It’s people from all over the world and people coming from, let’s face it, adversarial countries who may want to do us harm and may want to exploit us through this weak point.”
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