[Canada Lohas. ca Wendy comprehensive finishing]Although the Trump administration cracked down on stowaways, many people still sneaked into the country one after another. No, the US and Mexican authorities cracked a smuggling case on August 27th. These 30 illegal immigrants wanted to use the underpass to smuggle, and 23 of them were actually from Chinese.
In the early hours of the morning, I met law enforcement officers and fled.
On the 27th, the Mexican government confirmed that the military had found a tunnel under the border between Mexico and the United States to smuggle from Ti Juana to San Diego, California. These illegal immigrants were arrested by the US Border Patrol after coming out of the tunnel at about 1: 15 am on the 26th. According to local reports, among the 30 illegal immigrants arrested this time,Including 21 men and 2 women, a total of 23 Chinese, and seven Mexicans, four men and three women, are currently detained.
In fact, at first, law enforcement officers were suspicious, but when law enforcement officers planned to cross-examine them, everyone fled and some even ran back to the tunnel, so the authorities discovered this underground secret passage.
The stowaway escaped and the police found a secret passage.
Border patrol officials said that it is impossible to know for the time being whether some people fled back to Mexico through the tunnel, but the exit of the tunnel on the US side is located in the west of the border inspection port of Mesa, Otay, with double barbed wire around the port, while the tunnel passes through the barbed wire from underground and opens a hole in the overgrown area north of the second barbed wire. Investigators said that they are currently coordinating with the immigration law enforcement department of Mexico. At this stage, it is estimated that the tunnel discovered this time will be based on the old unfinished tunnel and then new parts will be excavated. As can be seen from the scene, the exit of the tunnel is quite rough, and it is only a soil hole with a wooden ladder for going up and down, and the length of the tunnel is about 328 feet.
The red dot in the picture shows the exit of the tunnel, and the bottom of the picture shows the US-Mexico border.
The picture shows the police enclosing the tunnel exit with a yellow cordon.
The authorities said that there are two points worthy of attention in this cracked smuggling case. First of all, border criminals used tunnels to smuggle drugs in the past, and smuggling human snakes was rare. After the Trump administration stepped up its interception of illegal immigrants, snakeheads began to look for new ways. In addition to the tunnel discovered this time, Texas has repeatedly found illegal immigrants hiding in trucks and sneaking into the United States.
Indian illegal immigrants in China account for the top 10.
The second point is worth paying attention to. Apart from illegal immigrants from Mexico or Central and South China, people and snakes from other countries have also begun to come to the United States from the southern border. From this case, it can be seen that citizens account for the majority. According to the figures of fiscal year 2015, border patrol officers arrested more than 8,000 immigrants from China, India, Romania, Bangladesh and Nepal. In addition, among the illegal immigrants intercepted by the US authorities in recent years, Chinese and India ranked in the top 10.
Ralph DeSio, an official of the Media Relations Department of the Federal Border Protection Agency in San Diego, said that the investigation is still in the initial stage, so it is not clear what province of China the 23 illegal immigrants from China came from, how to find the snakehead and how much they spent. At present, considering their privacy, their names and photos will not be released to the public.
At present, the number of illegal immigrants on the southwestern border of the United States has dropped sharply, with a drop of as much as 60%. Judd, chairman of the Border Patrol Committee, said last month that after Trump took office, the morale of the patrol department increased greatly, and there was an unprecedented atmosphere and energy inside. However, this has not dispelled many Chinese’s determination to smuggle people. Because it is very easy for China citizens to obtain tourist visas for Mexico, they can fly to Tijuana Airport, Mexico, which is close to the US border, and then try to come to the United States. "In any case, stowaways are controlled by criminal organizations. It is extremely unwise for these China citizens and anyone who wants to sneak into the country to choose this practice. They have given their precious lives to criminals who put money first, but do not cherish the value of life."
DeSio also said that these illegal immigrants who were caught were very lucky: "At least they were not kidnapped, held hostage for ransom, or treated as slaves."
The number of Chinese people who have "passed the gas" by smuggling has increased dramatically year by year.
Although many Chinese come to the United States, they will find that the actual situation is very different from the original "American dream", but many people still try their best to enter the United States by illegal means. No matter where they enter the country, many people take new york as their destination. According to people familiar with the matter, there are many ways for China residents to sneak into the United States, including traveling to many countries, posing as executives, and even breaking into customs directly. The cost of smuggling into the United States is between 50,000 and 80,000 dollars.
Nowadays, the earliest way of smuggling by ship and arriving at the US border from the sea for several months has been eliminated. Judging from Chinese, where 23 people were arrested for smuggling in groups, the traditional way of Chinese crossing the US-Mexico border into the United States is still a hot spot. Mr. Zhou, who recently sneaked into new york from the US border, said that after paying 60,000 US dollars for smuggling, he got a visa to go to Southeast Asian countries, and then he and several other people embarked on this road of no return.
He said that only one of all illegal immigrants has a mobile phone and is responsible for receiving instructions. Others have no idea where they will go the next day and can only follow the only person who has a mobile phone. Mr. Zhou said that he traveled to nearly 20 countries in about three months, and finally reached the border between Mexico and the United States after hardships, and then swam into the United States.
In March 2017, a group of illegal immigrants and apprentices crossed the Rio Grande on the US-Mexico border, but were stopped by US border personnel.
It is reported that when border patrol officers catch illegal immigrants, they will send them to a detention center and hand them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE needs to verify the identities and criminal records of these foreigners. Depending on the situation, these people will either be deported, detained for further investigation, or allowed to wait for a date to be arranged in immigration court.
In recent years, illegal immigrants from China in San Diego, USA have increased dramatically under the background of profitable illegal migration, a large number of people from China emigrating abroad, and diversification of illegal immigrants. The border patrol department captured about 663 illegal immigrants from Chinese in the last fiscal year; This figure was only 48 in the previous fiscal year, while in 2014, only five Chinese who entered the country illegally were arrested.
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