How more and more Chinese are illegally entering the US through the southern border

Nearly 10 times as many Chinese migrants crossed America's southern border in 2023 compared to 2022. The dramatic uptick is the result of a slowing Chinese economy, tightening political control by President Xi Jinping and easy access to online information on Chinese social media about how to make the trip A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, near Jacumba, California. File photo/AP The brief closure of the Darien Gap - a perilous 66-mile jungle journey linking South America and Central America - in February 2024 temporarily…