In the wake of China abandoning its strict “zero COVID” policy, U.S. border officials have recorded a surge of Chinese immigrants crossing the southern border this year.
Between Oct. 1, 2022, and the end of February this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered nearly 3,000 Chinese nationals. This represents a more than 700 percent spike from the same period in 2022.
A second analysis by Axios put that number at more than 4,000 for 2023.
In February alone, there were 1,368 encounters with illegal Chinese immigrants. By contrast, U.S. border agents recorded just 55 encounters during the same month in 2022.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) is shown around the offices of Chinese tech firm Huawei technologies by its President Ren Zhengfei in London during his state visit on Oct. 21, 2015. (Matthew Lloyd/AFP via Getty Images)
Analysts say the deepening income gap in China combined with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) draconian pandemic lockdowns is driving the surge in migration….