U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently deported 122 Chinese illegal immigrants back to China as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration in the United States.
In a Monday press release, ICE announced that it returned 122 Chinese illegal immigrants to China on June 3 as part of a Department of Homeland Security deportation effort. ICE confirmed that the deportation flight included 96 males and 26 females, ages 19 to 68. According to the press release, the Chinese illegal immigrants had “final orders for removal” and were from various ICE detention facilities throughout the United States.
Sharing pictures of the recent Chinese illegal immigrant deportations on X, formerly Twitter, ICE tweeted, “We deported 122 illegal aliens to China on a special high-risk charter flight.”
In Monday’s press release, ICE said that the Chinese illegal immigrants on the “high-risk charter flight” included individuals who had been convicted of murder, human smuggling, rape, drug trafficking, and lewd or lascivious acts with a minor.
As examples of the convicted Chinese illegal immigrants deported in ICE’s recent operation, officials said a 47-year-old male was convicted of murder, a 55-year-old male was convicted of human smuggling, a 27-year-old male was convicted of rape, a 49-year-old male was convicted of drug trafficking, and a 50-year-old female was convicted of bribery.
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“Through our interagency partnerships and coordination across ICE field offices, we have successfully removed these individuals, many who were convicted of egregious crimes,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Dallas acting Field Office Director Josh Johnson stated.
Johnson added, “This operation not only enhances the public safety of our communities across the U.S. but also strengthens national security. Our colleagues at ICE come to work every day to identify, arrest and remove illegal aliens who attempt to circumvent our nation’s immigrations laws.”
Earlier this month, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported that there was a 97% decrease in Chinese illegal immigrants arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents during the first three months of Trump’s administration compared to the same three months under former President Joe Biden’s administration last year.
According to Melugin, while 8,837 Chinese nationals were apprehended by Border Patrol agents in February, March, and April last year, only 225 Chinese nationals were apprehended by Border Patrol agents during the same three months under Trump’s administration. Melugin added that over 60,000 Chinese nationals were arrested by Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the southern border under the Biden administration.
