11 Chinese migrants found in appliances at US crossing

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


The Associated Press
December 10, 2019 - 3:31 pm

SAN DIEGO — Eleven Chinese migrants were discovered hiding in furniture and appliances inside a truck stopped by agents as it entered the U.S. from Mexico at a Southern California border crossing, federal officials said.

At least one person was crammed inside a washing machine and another was curled up inside a wooden chest, according to photos provided Monday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Authorities searched the truck Saturday evening at the border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, the federal agency said.

The truck driver, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested on suspicion of human smuggling, a Customs and Border Protection statement said. He was not identified.



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[keithbvadu2]

1. Trump's wall would have prevented this. Right?

Trump's wall would have prevented this. Right?

[marble falls]

2. Whole new twist on "Chinese laundry".

[JudyM]

4. .

[dware]

5. Now that's funny. nt.

[chowder66]

3. This is so sad. People curling up, hiding inside furniture, etc. To be that desperate putting

your life on the line.

[lagomorph777]

6. US CBP has hearbeat detectors.

You stick a couple of sensors onto a trailer, and it instantly tells you whether anybody is inside.

[yaesu]

7. China's middle class is growing far faster than ours so why are they even bothering to do this?

[brooklynite]

8. Because with a billion + population, that still leaves a lot of people NOT in the middle class

[Igel]

9. And while $ really is the most important value,

there are those who have aspirations higher than living in an ethnocentric police state.

Just because they're "Chinese" doesn't mean they're Han. And they might not like all the surveillance, even if they haven't done anything we'd think of as a crime.

[ansible]

10. China is a horrible country to live in for most people there

I had an online friend once from there that was just thankful to earn $4000 a YEAR, he eventually joined the French Foreign Legion as a way to escape China and get french citizenship.

[yaesu]

11. I've heard for years that outside the bigger cities life is pretty miserable but I know of a few

Americans who work at jobs like Mc D's and make enough to pay for a nice apartment and a decent living.