Recent footage from the border town of Jacumba, California, reveals a large group of Chinese individuals arriving at the US border, prompting discussions on immigration and border control.
Griff Jenkins of Fox News captured video displaying numerous individuals, estimated to be in the hundreds, near the international boundary at Jacumba.
Jenkins, sharing his experience via Twitter, noticed that this was one of the largest groups of individuals from China he had seen crossing at this particular location simultaneously.
Statistics from US Customs and Border Protection, the supervising body of Border Patrol, indicate an uptick in the number of Chinese nationals entering the US unlawfully. Since October, the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year, reports suggest more than 150 Chinese nationals per day have been making illegal crossings.
Thus far, the 2023 fiscal year has recorded encounters with over 37,000 Chinese migrants at the border. Since October, an additional 20,000 encounters have been documented, a rise of approximately 100,000 compared to the same timeframe in the previous year.
This spike is part of a broader, historically significant wave of migration observed at the Southern Border of the United States that began in 2021. Current trends indicate that the US is experiencing an unprecedented influx of migrants from a diverse range of countries, according to federal data.
These recent developments continue to intensify the conversation surrounding US border security and the complexities of managing migration flows.
