JACUMBA, California -- The number of Chinese migrants detained while attempting to enter the U.S. via Mexico has multiplied, with the desperate economic situation back home a major driver, interviews at a holding encampment in southern California show.
International relations
Chinese migrants flock to U.S.-Mexico border on economic pressures
Their encounters with American authorities jumped 10-fold in 2023
People from China and elsewhere who are suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are detained by U.S. authorities in southern California on Feb. 4. (Photo by Masahiro Okoshi)
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