'Every American should be scared to death' as Chinese nationalists at border hits high: Congressman
'We've had mass waves of Chinese terrorists storming military installations with cameras. So look, it's a desperate threat,' says the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
Republican lawmakers and a former immigration official are sounding a new alarm about the national security threats facing the U.S. at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"I think every American should be scared to death. Not only is it the terrorist threat, we've had almost 400 [suspected terrorists] in this presidency where there were 11 last time, but its the 24,000 Chinese nationals who came in last year, 20,000 Since October 1, the highest year. Before that was 1800," said Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday about illegal immigrant encounters at the border.
"You don't leave China with the social credit score system unless the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] knows about it. They're flying to South America and Central America and they're coming up here; they're paying $60,000 to the cartels, which is enriching the cartels, terrible organizations, they're subhuman. And we're basically feeding them money and letting these individuals come into the United States," he added.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows that 24,048 Chinese citizens were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2023, which ended in September. According to press reports, that figure is more than 12 times the total from the fiscal year 2022.
It is also a more than 7,000% increase from 2021, when just 323 Chinese nationals crossed the border during strict pandemic travel bans and lockdowns.
Green elaborated on the danger of large numbers of Chinese nationalists getting stopped at the border and what it could mean for the U.S. in the near future.
"I'm not suggesting that China is going to be attacking the United States, but if we defend Taiwan, I can't imagine there aren't people in there who are going to be tracking our railheads and looking at our ports," he said. "And who knows what else. We've had mass waves of Chinese terrorists storming military installations with cameras. So look, it's a desperate threat."
Green also emphasized that the amount of fentanyl coming into the U.S. from the border makes every town in America a border town.
In fiscal year 2023, more than 27 pounds of fentanyl was intercepted at the border, according to CBP statistics.
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