How more and more Chinese are illegally entering the US through the southern border

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Nearly 10 times as many Chinese migrants crossed America’s southern border in 2023 compared to 2022. The dramatic uptick is the result of a slowing Chinese economy, tightening political control by President Xi Jinping and easy access to online information on Chinese social media about how to make the trip A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, near Jacumba, California. File photo/AP The brief closure of the Darien Gap – a perilous 66-mile jungle journey linking South America and Central America – in February 2024 temporarily...