The DHS says that it deported numerous Chinese migrants back to the People's Republic of China over the weekend. Secretary Mayorkas vowed to 'continue to enforce our immigration laws.'
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently flew over 100 Chinese illegal migrants back to their country, the agency announced. In a press statement released Tuesday, the DHS explained that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 'conducted a removal flight' carrying Chinese nationals over the weekend. The flight carried 116 Chinese migrants, according to the Associated Press. The DHS disclosed that the flight was its first large charter flight since 2018.
The number of encounters with Chinese migrants at the U.S. southern border has skyrocketed in recent years. Border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese migrants in 2023, and encounters with Chinese nationals have increased by more than 6,000% since 2021.
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