{"id":2209691,"date":"2024-03-30T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surging-numbers-of-chinese-migrants-attempting-to-illegally-enter-u-s-island-home-to-vital-military-bases-homeland-security-committee-chair-warns\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T13:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T17:05:54","slug":"surging-numbers-of-chinese-migrants-attempting-to-illegally-enter-u-s-island-home-to-vital-military-bases-homeland-security-committee-chair-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surging-numbers-of-chinese-migrants-attempting-to-illegally-enter-u-s-island-home-to-vital-military-bases-homeland-security-committee-chair-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security Committee Chair Warns of Increase in Chinese Migrants Trying to Illegally Enter U.S. Island with Military Bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurging-numbers-of-chinese-migrants-attempting-to-illegally-enter-u-s-island-home-to-vital-military-bases-homeland-security-committee-chair-warns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chinese nationals have been illegally entering Guam, prompting concerns due to the island&#8217;s strategic U.S. \u200dmilitary base and significant troop\u200d presence. \u2063Since 2022,\u200b there were 118\u2064 cases of unlawful entry by \u200dChinese migrants reported by Guam \u200bCustoms and Quarantine.\u200d Rep. Mark Green raised alarm over the issue, highlighting the potential \u200dexploitation by the Chinese\u2063 Communist Party. Chinese \u200bnationals are illegally entering Guam, raising concerns due to\u200d the island&#8217;s key\u2064 U.S. military base and substantial troop presence.\u200b In\u2062 2022, Guam Customs and Quarantine reported 118 cases of unlawful entry by Chinese migrants. Rep. \u200bMark Green expressed worry about potential exploitation by the Chinese Communist\u2063 Party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Chinese nationals are illegally entering Guam, posing a \u201cmajor cause for concern\u201d for the island which is home to an important U.S. military base and around 20,000 American troops, Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13249963\/chinese-migrants-guam-republican-ccp-exploit-military-base.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022, Guam Customs and Quarantine has reported 118 unlawful or attempted unlawful entries by Chinese nationals, agency spokeswoman Alana Chargualaf-Afaisen told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2024-02-26\/guam-china-illegal-entry-northern-marianas-13130497.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>. There were 85 cases of attempted illegal entry into Guam by Chinese migrants in 2022, followed by 27 in 2023, and six so far in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Guam is just under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2020\/07\/23\/china-aims-missiles-at-americas-pacific-bomber-base-how-should-the-pentagon-defend-guam\/?sh=4578d4f729a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,000 miles<\/a> from the Chinese mainland and is home to Naval Base Guam, the only U.S. Navy submarine base in the western Pacific. The island also hosts America\u2019s main Pacific bomber fleet at Andersen Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCount on the Chinese Communist Party to exploit every potential vulnerability on the map. What the CCP is doing in Guam is almost certainly no exception,\u201d Green told the Mail. \u201cThe United States maintains a significant military presence on the island, a vital outpost for helping America defend our strategic interests in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201csurging numbers of Chinese nationals coming into Guam\u201d is a \u201cmajor cause for concern, in part because we simply do not know for what purpose these individuals are coming,\u201d Green said, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s not just rising numbers of Chinese nationals illegally crossing our Southwest border that demands attention\u2014what\u2019s happening in Guam does, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security told Stars and Stripes that the Chinese migrants are mainly going to Guam for economic reasons. Special Agent in Charge John Tobon of Homeland Security Investigations in Honolulu said, \u201cThe one thing about all those individuals is that they are all vetted before they are admitted into Saipan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they\u2019re in Saipan, they may try to come over to Guam, but the overwhelming majority are really doing it for economic reasons,\u201d Tobon added.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, such as Green and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, maintain apprehensions about the Chinese migrants, however, saying that loopholes in the Visa process allow bad actors to take advantage of the U.S. Last November, 32 Republicans wrote a letter, warning Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of the loopholes.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party has already proven they will stop at nothing to infiltrate and outpace the United States, and I\u2019m working to close loopholes that allow any further espionage,\u201d Ernst told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/republican-warns-about-chinese-spies-near-military-bases-1884666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cWe must put an end to Chinese nationals accessing our military installations on U.S. territories and conducting malign activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, CBS News reported that Chinese nationals are the fastest-growing group of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. Over 24,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in the past year, a number higher than the combined data on apprehensions from the ten previous years, according to a November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/24\/us\/politics\/china-migrants-us-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2022, Guam Customs and Quarantine identified 118 cases of Chinese nationals illegally entering Guam, alarming the island with a crucial U.S. military base and 20,000 troops residing there. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, expressed deep concern over this trend to The Daily Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2209692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-831500728-scaled-e1711811847866.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-831500728-scaled-e1711811847866.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}