A March 6 New York Times article profiles Chinese immigrants who are arriving in New York City after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Once they reach the city, “many are tapping into long-established family and social networks in Chinese enclaves to get on their feet quickly and, for the most part, on their own,” the article notes.
“It is not known exactly how many Chinese migrants have landed in New York. But immigration court filings since October 2022 show that New York State was their top destination — with more than 21,000 filings for Chinese migrants — followed by California,” the Times reported, citing an analysis by Julia Gelatt, an associate director at the Migration Policy Institute.
“The influx of Chinese migrants into the city has been the largest in more than a decade, and marks a return to the sizable immigration of Chinese people beginning in the 1980s that revived struggling neighborhoods like Chinatown, and cemented newer ethnic strongholds in Flushing, Queens, and Sunset Park, Brooklyn,” report Winnie Hu and Jeffrey Singer.
The Immigration and Refugee News Digest 