Congressman Sounds the Alarm After 17 Chinese Nationals Are Arrested in His Southern District
By: Rachel M. Emmanuel (The Western Journal)
"According to senators, nearly 18,000 Chinese nationals were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2023, a nearly tenfold jump from just over 2,000 last year."
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With the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, worries about the security of the open U.S. border continue to escalate. There are growing concerns about individuals with potential security risks attempting to enter through our vulnerable border.
On Sunday, Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez, of Florida, released a statement after 17 individuals from Communist China were detained in Key Largo, which falls within his district.
"As you know that I serve on the House Armed Services Committee but also on the House Select Committee on the competition between the United States and the Communist Chinese Party. And, recently we saw where 17 Chinese Nationals were apprehended in the Florida Keys," Gimenez said.
"Very concerning for me. I mean, I have gotten indication, have gotten information that the Communist Chinese party is getting more and more influence in our hemisphere, especially around South Florida. We know that they've got activities going on in Cuba. They also see that they're doing a lot of infrastructure work also in the Bahamas," he continued.
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"All of this again, very concerning to me," Gimenez added. "Why were they trying to sneak into the country? What was their purpose? Again, I think it's the first time that we've actually apprehended Chinese Nationals in our part of the country," he said.
According to a press release posted on his website, Gimenez has asked Customs and Border Patrol for additional information to evaluate the identities and potential security risks posed by these individuals.
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President Biden's reckless open-border policies have allowed for millions to enter America illegally.
Now, 17 nationals from Communist China have landed in my district, Key Largo, illegally.
I'm demanding answers. pic.twitter.com/D1We1Lw9ze
— Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) October 27, 2023
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Gimenez is not the first Republican lawmaker to raise such concerns. In September, a group of GOP senators led by Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, warning that the influx of Chinese migrants likely includes operatives of the ruling Communist Party, posing threats of espionage and cyber attacks.
According to senators, nearly 18,000 Chinese nationals were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2023, a nearly tenfold jump from just over 2,000 last year.
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The lawmakers accused the Biden administration of recklessly releasing the migrants into the country without proper vetting.
"July set the record for nationwide encounters with Chinese nationals with just over 6,100. 94.8 percent of Chinese national encounters in FY23 have been single adults. This trend poses a significant threat to our national security and warrants immediate attention and action from the Department of Homeland Security," the senators wrote, according to Fox News.
"It is our understanding that not a single one of these individuals encountered has been detained for any length of time but rather benefited from this administration's policy of catch and release."
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In October, Biden asked Congress for $105 billion, which included $61.4 billion for Ukraine, $14.3 billion for Israel, $9.15 billion in humanitarian aid for Palestinian, Israeli and Ukrainian citizens, and $7.4 billion for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, according to The New York Times.
An additional $13.6 billion was for border patrol officers, immigration judges, shelters and detention centers, and to battle fentanyl smuggling at the Southern border. No money was allocated toward building the wall or fixing the way asylum seekers are processed.
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President Biden's border aid package is not designed to stop the crisis at our southern border. It's designed to make it worse.
Under President Biden's watch, America is seeing the highest rates of illegal aliens EVER.#BidenBorderCrisishttps://t.co/umoTqu00Uo
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 24, 2023
The writing is on the wall about the threats to the nation. The attacks on Israel, despite its well-protected border, should have been a wake-up call to even the most tone-deaf politician.
But the Biden administration seems to prefer to put party ideology over national safety.
One can only hope and pray that, unlike the billions of dollars doing nothing to keep us safe, the cost of this strategy is not also paid for by the American people.
No Trump, trolling, fascist nonsense.
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I guess the Florida Keys needs to build a wall. Wall good. Democrats bad.
The commies are coming ! The commies are coming !
Does it ever occur to any of these frightened people that Chinese, or Iranian, people caught at the border may be trying to enter this country so that they can have better lives than they had in China or Iran? Because someone is trying to enter the country from a "bad" country does not mean, necessarily, at all, that they have bad intentions for the US.
50/50 at best.................
I am extremely doubtful that China sent 18,000 people to our southern border in order to infiltrate us and sabotage America.
I find it far more likely that they are people who wanted out of China and came here, like almost all the other migrants do, to seek a better life in America. Its not their fault that conservatives cannot refer to China as anything other than Communist China.
Sorry, but most of those died in Tiananmen Square - 'member?
was 34 years ago. A lot of people have come here from China since then.
Some prefer to live in the past
And the regimes have bounced left even more.
Get in tune John - the world has changed in the past 34 years.
Given my 20 year military career, I find it much more preferable to err on the side of caution myself. If that makes me a bit paranoid then so be it, I can live with it.
"They're coming for better lives - Who else will pick our fruits/clean our yards"?
Sure John - same ol' cliches.
The U.S. is NOT the land of plenty for the rest of the world.
Do you think the commies in China sent 18,000 operatives here this year in order to sabotage the United States ?
Why doesnt that sound far fetched to you? This the same old same old new version of the "red scare" of yesteryear.
Where did you get the info that they were operatives John?
I guess I have the bad habit of actually reading the seeded articles
Read the same article - didn't find ANY mention of "operatives".
Why do you do that - I mean, insert words to change the topic direction - just to argue?
The congressman in the article clearly implies that the Chinese "migrants" are connected to the Chinese government . I call such people operatives, you can call them anything you want.
Stop talking about me and address the article.
So you don't understand the article and want to change it so you will have a "valid" point???
Because breaking the law from the start is the best way to do that.
Then why cross illegally? Why not go through a POE and do it the right way? They are here illegally. That alone puts their wants and intentions into question.
Exactly.............................
Nonsense. They see that many migrants from Central and South America have successfully entered across the southern border and conclude that is the best path. The idea that Chinese must have ulterior sinister motives is silly.
For the record, YOU are the only one making a distinction about where they are from. Not me. I question the intentions and motives of ANYBODY who crosses the border illegally. There is a right way to do things and there is a wrong way. Crossing at a point other than a POE, is the wrong way.
And with all the pathetic excuses I'm seeing, it seems you and many on the left support this kind of entry.
For the record , this is the headline from the seeded article
How long is Newstalkers going to tolerate this sort of incessant trolling?
What is the difference between a Chinese National and a Chinese citizen John?
Absolutely none!
Beats having to fill out all those customs and immigration forms and the traffic from the airport.
"...successfully entered across the Southern border..."
"Successfully entered illegally across the Southern border." There, I fixed it for you. What part of illegal do you not comprehend?
Exactly some may be. And some like the three sentenced several years ago, come to take pictures within Restricted Areas like the naval Air Station at Key West.
Maybe now is not the best time to defund the FBI.
No, but it is the "best time" to clean out the corrupt deadwood in that department/agency.
When I was in the CG (many years ago now) we interdicted a Taiwanese fishing vessel with 114 illegal Chinese. 111 were transported to our boat and interviewed by INS, CG Intelligence and a civil rights lawyer. The Chinese people didn't know they were illegal. They were told to pay the gang money and the gang would get them into the US. The gang members were arrested and prosecuted while 4 of the others got papers and the rest were sent back to China. At the time it was the largest single group of Chinese people picked up at once.