The number of immigrants in the U.S. border exceeds 2 million for the first time, and China urges the United States to face its own human rights issues

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

According to the New York Times reported on September 19, according to the latest government data, the number of immigrants arrested within a year of the Southwest Border of the United States exceeded 2 million for the first time. As the midterm elections approached, the Bayeng government tried to avoid the issue of immigration.

When the Chinese delegation interacted with any detention problem in the 51st session of the Human Rights Council, the Chinese delegation stated that the Chinese side urged the United States to face the human rights issues, stop arbitrarily detained human rights violations such as immigration, and provide rescue and compensation to the victims.

Arizona border patrol detention illegal immigration (picture source: New York Times)

The number of immigrants exceeded 2 million for the first time, and Biden avoided immigration issues

On September 18, local time, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency released routine data. Officials pointed out that the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States has been arrested for more than 2.1 million in fiscal 2022. Officials point out that this far more than 1.7 million people last year is more than any year before.

In June of this year, the United Nations stated that one of the 78 people around the world was displaced. It is estimated that Venezuela is the world's second largest group of displacement, and most of them go to the United States to seek asylum.

Since August 2021, the number of immigrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela has increased by 175%of illegal immigrants to the United States.

These illegal immigrants crossed the southwestern border of the United States without a certificate. The journey to the United States was arduous, dangerous and expensive. Immigrants often spent money to invite smuggles to cross the country.

Illegal immigrants lined up in the border of Arizona (Picture Source: Agence France -Presse)

Immigration crossing the border seeking asylum was a legitimate right, but during the Trump administration, the government issued a number of strict restrictions on the government, such as travel ban, restrictions on shelter and refugee systems, family separation, etc. Essence

Biden promised to reverse the policy in the early stage of his term, but as the midterm elections approached, the Republican Party has carried out campaign activities around the US border issue. In recent months, the Bayeon government has been trying to avoid immigration.

One of the examples is that the Bayeng government tried to abolish Article 42 of the Public Health Protection Regulations issued by the Trump period. The regulations were introduced at the beginning of the epidemic and required not to go to the United States to seek an open border.

According to this regulation, the U.S. government can immediately repatriate it after arrested illegal immigrants, and these immigrants are generally accused of violating the immigration law and subsequently detained in detention facilities.

However, after Louisiana and other Republican -based states filed a lawsuit, they prevented the Bayeon government from abolishing the regulations.

China urges the United States to face the issue of human rights

According to the website of the China Permanent Nations Geneva Office and other Swiss International Organization Websites on September 19, the Chinese delegation spoke during the interactive dialogue between the 51st session of the Human Rights Council with arbitrary detention issues. Existing arbitrarily detention problems indicate serious concerns.

Screenshot of Chinese speeches

The Chinese delegation stated that in 2021, more than 1.7 million US -detention immigrants, 80 % of immigrants were detained in private detention facilities, including 45,000 children. The conditions for private detention facilities were bad, and the physical and mental health of the detained personnel was greatly harmed, and the phenomenon of infringement of human rights was repeatedly occurred. Nearly 5,000 children were detained alone in Bridburg. They lived in a crowded and bad environment like "livestock enclosure", causing serious physical and mental trauma.

In the past 20 years, the United States has detained some people in Guantanamo Prison without trial. In January of this year, the special mechanism expert group issued a statement saying that Guantanamo Prison was "the US government's stain on the law of rule of law" and urged the United States to end "the ugly page of human rights violations of human rights." China urges the United States to face the issue of human rights, stop arbitrarily detaining human rights such as immigration, and providing relief and compensation to victims.

China is a country ruled by law and resolutely opposes any detention in law enforcement. The Chinese Constitution and many special laws have strict specifications on this. China regrets that most negative information in the report submitted by the working group is targeted at developing countries, which once again shows that the current UN human rights mechanism's dual standards are very prominent.

China hopes that the working group will perform their duties objectively and fairly, abide by the rules and codes of special mechanisms, fully respect the materials provided by the country, respect the judicial sovereignty of various countries, and abandon the politicalization of human rights issues.

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