Thread: In Arizona, a Stream of Illegal Immigrants From China

In Arizona, a Stream of Illegal Immigrants From China

By STEPHEN CEASAR
Published: January 22, 2010

TUCSON — The unforgiving terrain of the Sonoran Desert, south of here, whose searing summers and frigid winters claim hundreds of lives each year, has long been a favored avenue of entry for illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries. But in the last year, the authorities say, smugglers have increasingly capitalized on a much more lucrative business — trafficking Chinese citizens into the United States.

The number of Chinese immigrants arrested while illegally crossing the border into Arizona through the busiest smuggling corridor in the United States increased tenfold in the last fiscal year, according to the United States Border Patrol in Tucson.

In fiscal 2009, 332 Chinese immigrants were caught in the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector, up from 30 the previous year, Border Patrol figures showed. And in what could be a sign of a record-breaking pace for this year, agents in the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector arrested 281 Chinese immigrants from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

The reason is simple: dollars and cents.

As record quantities of illegal drugs are being intercepted in Arizona, those involved in taking people and drugs across the border are increasingly concentrating on the more rewarding smuggling of Chinese immigrants, said David Jimarez, a spokesman for the Border Patrol.

Chinese immigrants commonly pay smugglers upward of $40,000 each to lead them from their homeland to the United States, Mr. Jimarez said. In comparison, he said, illegal immigrants from Mexico commonly pay $1,500 to $3,000.

“The price far exceeds other nationalities, mainly due to the elaborate nature of the trip from China to Mexico,â€

Isn't that John McCain's state, along with his newly hired "tart" Sarah Palin? Those two deserve each other, but the rest of the country doesn't.. So please be sure McInsane along with his mentally challenged "Tonto" do not continue to rape Arizona.

Palin can fix this.. one time a chinese guy flew over Alaska; so she has the inside edge....

[quote]“They left even though they were very scared of leading a totally different life in a very different country,â€

[quote]“The Chinese youth love the freedom Americans have,â€

[quote]Like others who entered the country illegally, most of the Chinese were fleeing dire situations in their homeland, said Mr. Chan, the federal court interpreter.

He said most of those immigrants he spoke with were from Fujian Province, in southeast China, and had traveled across the globe to enter the United States because of a lack of education and employment opportunities back home.

“They left even though they were very scared of leading a totally different life in a very different country,â€

Wait!! Where's Lulac, where's LaRaza. Arresting these people is raaaacciiiism.

Paying between $5-10,000 to be smuggled into the US has always made me wonder where these impoverished and unskilled workers got the money in the first place.
And if they don't speak English or Spanish, their job opportunities are limited, with businesses seeing declines as Americans see declines in their expendable incomes. What to do? Become a gang member, sell drugs and extort other Chinese. That is what I fear will happen. Gangs are jobs that Americans will do.

[quote]Patsy Lee, president of the Tucson Chinese Association, said that young Chinese want to reach “gold mountain,â€

In 2009, 11,628 of the Tucson sector’s 241,673 arrests were non-Mexican

It is simply unbelievable that these large numbers enter, and in this one area. Our border is a sieve, and you can obviously just come on in.

Psalm 91