Chinese Nationals Flood US Southern Border Amid CCP Espionage Concerns

Border Patrol agents detain a group of migrants near the border wall after they entered the United States from Ciudad Juarez on Feb. 3, 2022. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

In the wake of China abandoning its strict “zero COVID” policy, U.S. border officials have recorded a surge of Chinese immigrants crossing the southern border this year.

Between Oct. 1, 2022, and the end of February, U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered nearly 3,000 Chinese nationals. This represents a more than 700 percent spike from the same period in 2022.