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WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Virus at the border: 328 Chinese caught entering illegally

by Paul Bedard | March 04, 2020 05:19 PM



Signs, reading in Spanish "Drugstore, handicrafts and U.S. 100 meters," are seen at the international border crossing between San Ysidro, CA, and Tijuana, in Mexico.
Guillermo Arias/AP



At least 328 Chinese nationals trying to enter the United States illegally since January have been intercepted by U.S. Customs & Border Protection officials as part of a heightened awareness on the borders to block the coronavirus from slipping into the nation.

Officials told Secrets Wednesday that since January, 328 Chinese were “apprehended” and sent back across the border or repatriated consistent with existing policy and procedure. Another three from South Korea, where the virus is also spreading, were also caught.

Some 227 foreign nationals from other nations who tried to enter through legal border points from Feb. 2-March 3 have been turned away due to the travel restriction ordered by the president and implemented by DHS, said officials.

The White House previously announced travel restrictions for China, saying the United States would keep out any foreign national who's been in China within 14 days.

Several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security have been enlisted into President Trump’s “whole of government” attack on the virus, and over 700 officials have been deployed to the effort.

Senior administration officials said that the president’s three-year focus on the border, the new wall and the policy of keeping illegals in Mexico while awaiting permission to enter the United States, has gone a long way to keep the virus away, especially at the southern border.

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