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An influx of Chinese migrants, facing China's economic uncertainty, are crossing the U.S.'s southern border.
Immigrants from Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Mexico have had substantially more encounters with border authorities. The number of Chinese immigrants at the U.S. border surged in 2023
The Chinese diaspora in Latin and South America, as in North America, has existed since the 19th century owing to labour shortages in the Americas. [12] Mexico, in particular, encouraged Chinese immigration, signing a commercial treaty in 1899 that allowed Chinese citizens to run enterprises in Mexico, some of which would become involved in people smuggling. [13]
More than 35,000 Chinese migrants crossed the southern border in 2023, but crossings have dropped significantly since then due to stricter enforcement on both the U.S. and Mexican sides.
The major wave of Chinese immigration occurred between 1895 and 1910, with about seventy percent coming from the United States, which had been adopting anti-Chinese measures. [12] However, several thousand Chinese were allowed to enter the country directly from China during the Cantu regime, more than 2,000 in 1919 alone. [ 7 ]
One afternoon in March, a group of about 30 migrants from China clambered through one such gap and into the United States. Among them was Wei Bin, a middle-aged man from the port city of Tianjin ...
Wang, who traveled several weeks from Ecuador to the southern U.S. border, then spent 48 hours in an immigration detention facility before heading to Flushing, said the idea that Chinese migrants ...
United States Port of Entry United States Road/Highway City and State Mexican Port of Entry Mexican Road/Highway City and State Status Otay Mesa East: SR 11 Toll: East Otay Mesa, California: Mesa de Otay II: Tijuana, Baja California: This is expected to be the first toll-based border crossing on the US-Mexico border. It is planned to open in ...