Border Patrol Encounters With Chinese Nationals at Southern Border Up 719 Percent

Police Lt. Marco Santana leaves his vehicle to inspect a section of the southern border wall in San Luis, Ariz., on Jan. 27, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered 2,999 Chinese nationals at the southern border so far in fiscal year 2023—a 719 percent increase year over year, according to CBP data released on Feb. 10.

The total also exceeds the amount recorded for the entirety of fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2022), during which 2,176 such encounters were reported.