Migrants find tips on Chinese version of TikTok for long trek to US-Mexico border.
Over the course of three weeks photographing and reporting from a remote border stretch in southeastern Texas, Reuters witnessed hundreds of Chinese migrants crossing into the United States and interviewed more than two dozen in Mandarin.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington said in an email that the government opposes illegal migration, which "is an international issue that requires cooperation between countries." It did not respond to a request for comment on the issue of religious freedom. A migrant man from China identifies himself to a Border Patrol agent after surrendering with a group which was smuggled across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Fronton, Texas, on April 4, 2023.
Refusal rates among Chinese nationals for the most common U.S. visitor visas reached 80% in fiscal year 2021 and more than 30% in 2022, the two highest years on record, according to State Department data. While U.S. visa issuance globally has mostly recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the number of U.S. visas issued from China last year remained 90% below 2019's pre-pandemic levels.
Baozai's original account "Baozai adventure the world alone" is shown as "blocked" on Douyin for violating "community self-discipline regulations." Jungle tents and horses were also available for part of the trip for an extra fee, Wu and the other migrants said.
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