U.S. to China: Take back your undocumented immigrants

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:20am EDT

Exclusive - U.S. to China: Take back your undocumented immigrants

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES | BY MARK HOSENBALL AND TIM REID

In early June, in cities across America, U.S. immigration agents arrested more than two dozen Chinese nationals with unfulfilled deportation orders, telling them that after years of delay, China was finally taking steps to provide the paperwork needed to expel them from the U.S.

But, not for the first time, China failed to provide the necessary documents, and three months later not one of those arrested has been deported, and many have been released from custody. They form part of a backlog of nearly 39,000 people Chinese nationals awaiting deportation for violating U.S. immigration laws, 900 of them classed as violent offenders, according to immigration officials.

The issue, which is likely to come up during a state visit to Washington later this month by Chinese President Xi Jinping, has further strained a U.S.-China relationship already frayed by tensions over economic policy, suspected Chinese cyber hacking and Beijing’s growing military assertiveness.

Meanwhile, China is pushing the U.S. on a different immigration issue: the return of Chinese citizens it says are fugitives from corruption investigations at home.

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[DetlefK]

1. 1. China doesn't want them back. 2. Those charged with corruption are so for political reasons.

I posted a lengthy article about China's woes the other day and these news fit perfectly:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027133023

1. China is massively overpopulated and almost the whole economy is controlled by the communist party, meaning, the communist party has to somehow provide jobs for everybody. That's why China's economy keeps growing: If it stops growing, there will be unemployed people in China and this would lead to social unrest. China's economic growth must always stay one step ahead of the population-growth.
That's why they don't want those 39,000 people back. The communist party would have to cough up 39,000 jobs out of nowhere.
(And that's why they don't mind hundreds of thousands of Chinese going to Eastern Russia as illegal immigrants.)

2. China has a massive corruption-problem. And when I say massive, I mean corruption from the relatives of the lowest public servant up to the office of the President of the People's Republic of China himself. China isn't ruled by the bureaucratic administration of the communist party. It's ruled by rivaling cabals, fighting each other for more political power and more opportunities to embezzle state-funds.
Every chinese politician or businessman is part of this game. EVERYBODY.
If a Chinese actually gets busted for corruption, especially if he's influential, then you can bet your sweet ass that a rivaling cabal orchestrated his downfall.