The Recent Influx of Chinese Migrants across the U.S.-Mexico Border
The recent influx of Chinese migrants into the United States through the southern border has drawn the attention of mainstream U.S. media, prompting calls for policymakers to act.
In 2023, U.S. border officials arrested over 37,000 Chinese nationals at the southern border, ten times as many as the previous year. The trend is so pronounced that “walking the line” (走线), as the journey from Central/South America to the U.S. border is known on Chinese social media, has become a buzzword in Chinese society. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security announced on July 2, 2024, that it had sent 116 Chinese migrants back to China from the United States in the first “large charter flight” in five years, and will continue to work with China on future removal flights.
In a conversation moderated by Meredith Oyen, Gil Guerra and Leland Lazarus discuss the issues surrounding Chinese migrants and the subsequent U.S. policy responses.
About the speakers: https://www.ncuscr.org/event/chinese-...
Learn more about the route taken by Chinese migrants: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
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