SEATTLE - Over the past 18 months, more than 55,000 Chinese migrants have crossed illegally from Mexico into the United States, up from only 3,813 accounted in 2022. This influx is worrying U.S. authorities about an even larger wave given China's population and the difficulty of carrying out deportations.
Most of the Chinese migrants have settled in California and New York, with many of them arriving to the neighborhood of Flushing, in Queens, which has surpassed Los Angeles to become the top destination for the most recent Chinese migrants, according to a Washington Post analysis of U.S. immigration court data.
