It was something CNN was talking about a few months ago. Naturally people emigrate and immigrate all the time, but the way Chinese people were getting to America was a central part of the story. Naturally you never get closure in these stories.

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
    hexbear
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    1 month ago

    There are about 49,000 illegal immigrants from China, which is a country of about 1.5 billion people. Basically a statistical sneeze. It would not surprise me if every single one of them is legitimate economic migrant (even if their story is probably exaggerated or based on misconceptions).

    There are a lot of people in every countey who think America is the good life because they don't understand how expensive it is to live here, or are just planning to work in the U.S. and send money back home and move back in 5-10 years.