https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/undocumented-chinese-men-theyre-baffled-161404426.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Kevin Yang, a 46-year-old undocumented immigrant from China, said he once felt a sense of indebtedness toward the United States. But now, with President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s second term on the horizon, he feels worried and on edge.
\n\u201cThe gratitude I once felt toward the U.S for accepting me into the country \u2026 has now shifted to anxiety and fear, Yang said. \u201cAnd I know others in my situation feel the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the incoming Trump administration looking to prioritize deporting Chinese nationals, citing national security concerns, many undocumented Chinese men say they couldn\u2019t feel further afield from the reasoning behind the potential policy \u2014 that Trump thinks they\u2019re assembling an army within the United States.”<\/p>\n
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“having fled their homeland because of political persecution, or uprooted their lives for better economic opportunities, many undocumented Chinese men reject the notion of being a threat to the United States as absurd.”<\/p>\n
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“While Asian immigrants have long been the fastest-growing undocumented population, the number of Chinese nationals crossing into the United States in particular has skyrocketed in recent years. Between fiscal years 2022 and 2024, the number of undocumented Chinese nationals crossing both the northern and southern borders has tripled, from just over 27,000 to more than 78,000.<\/p>\n
Experts and undocumented immigrants have said that China\u2019s economic downturn and political friction, which came to a head during the country\u2019s prolonged Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions, were largely the basis of the migration wave. But Trump has repeatedly suggested that \u201cmilitary-age\u201d men are conspiring to build an army.”<\/p>\n
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