In the fourth quarter of last year, the number of Chinese smugglers arrested by the United States on the US-Mexico border increased by more than 700% compared with the same period in 2021.

The picture shows three Chinese female smugglers arrested by Texas police on the US-Mexico border in early February.

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[Compilation of Lu Yongshan/Comprehensive Report] According to a Fox News report on February 9, in the fourth quarter of last year, the number of Chinese smugglers arrested by the United States at the US-Mexico border surged by more than 700% compared with the same period in 2021.

However, Zhang Jiadun, a well-known expert on US-China relations and a Chinese-American lawyer, warned that although many Chinese people fled China because of "desperation", the CCP may use this to smuggle its agents into the United States.

According to data provided by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the fourth quarter of last year, the agency arrested 1,862 Chinese smugglers trying to cross the US-Mexico border, a surge of more than 700% compared with 229 in the fourth quarter of 2021 , 931 people were arrested in December last year alone.

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On February 2, Texas police arrested three Chinese female smugglers who entered the country illegally. They were brought into the United States after each of them paid 35,000 US dollars (1.05 million Taiwan dollars) to human smugglers. The incident has attracted a lot of attention.

DHS sources said Chinese smugglers are usually expedited, unless they genuinely fear persecution if they return to China.

Some asylum-seeking Chinese smugglers are released to the United States after they have sponsored themselves and are called to appear in court for immigration hearings.

In an interview with Fox News on February 11, Zhang Jiadun said that there is a deep pessimism in Chinese society, which prompts people to leave the country, "they are desperate."

Zhang Jiadun pointed out that China's implementation of the zero-clearing policy for nearly three years, including strict blockade, large-scale testing, isolation and contact tracing, was the initial factor that prompted Chinese citizens to seek refuge elsewhere. People leave, there is only a sense of unease in the country, and therefore, the flow of refugees from China will not decrease.

Zhang Jiadun said that almost all Chinese who came to the southern border of the United States through the Darren Canyon in Panama are people who do not want to live in China, but "we have to assume that the CCP is taking advantage of this situation by smuggling their agents." .

A source previously told Fox News that the Department of Homeland Security is closely monitoring potential Chinese spies and other national security threats amid a surge in Chinese people crossing the U.S. border.