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Q Thank you so much for taking my call. Going off of the extra-hemispheric migration, is there any -– are there any plans to treat separately immigration from countries like China and Iran?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Sure, I can start. Just to say that extra-continental irregular migration is a critical issue for us. In FY2023, more than 50,000 PRC nationals were encountered nationwide. And in FY24, we’ve already encountered nearly 30,000 PRC nationals.
So, from our perspective, that’s why it’s so critical to work together on putting in place visa requirements and also why we feel like this 3C visa revocation policy that was rolled out by Secretary Blinken is so critical, because we’re ensuring that we hold accountable charter flight companies and others who are taking advantage of these irregular migrants from some of these countries and ensuring that there’s accountability for those executives of air — charter airline companies and others.
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Source: The White House
Speaker: Senior administration official(s)
Format: Digital Press Briefing
China Policy Research 