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The U.S. is seeing a big increase in Chinese immigrants arriving using a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle, thanks in part to social media posts and videos ...
Chinese migration has increasingly become a rallying cry for Republicans and former President Donald Trump who have raised suspicions about why Chinese migrants are coming to the U.S.
U.S. border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals on the southern border in 2023, 10 times the number during the previous year, further exacerbating tensions over immigration going ...
Ethnic Chinese immigration to the United States since 1965 has been aided by the fact that the United States maintains separate quotas for mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. During the late 1960s and early and mid-1970s, Chinese immigration into the United States came almost exclusively from Taiwan creating the Taiwanese American subgroup.
The Chinese diaspora in Latin and South America, as in North America, has existed since the 19th century owing to labour shortages in the Americas. [12] Mexico, in particular, encouraged Chinese immigration, signing a commercial treaty in 1899 that allowed Chinese citizens to run enterprises in Mexico, some of which would become involved in people smuggling. [13]
Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...
Two immigration officers interrogate Chinese immigrants at Ellis Island. 1951. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. W ith intense political debate focused on the U.S. southern border, an ...
1882 editorial cartoon. The arrival of three Chinese sailors to Baltimore in 1785 marked the first record of Chinese people in the United States. During the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, many Chinese immigrants came to the U.S., particularly the West Coast states, where they worked as gold miners and on large labor projects, including the transcontinental railroad.