Tennessee Republican Rep. Mark Green suggested China is using the chaos at the southern border to sneak in military personnel.
Of the Chinese migrants who have been at the southern border since Biden took office, many have “known ties to the PLA,” or the People’s Liberation Army, said Green, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Since January 1, Border Patrol agents have caught nearly 8,000 Chinese illegal immigrants.
Green said during a press conference, “We have no idea who these people are, and it’s very likely, using Russia’s template of sending military personnel into Ukraine, China is doing the same into the United States.”
Reporting from The Washington Times:
China has sharply protested U.S. sanctions on its economy and top officials. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu last month refused a Pentagon request for a face-to-face meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, citing personal sanctions imposed on Mr. Li in 2018 by the Trump administration over his role in obtaining Russian arms to fuel Beijing’s military expansion. “If the United States says it wants to communicate while suppressing and containing China by any means and imposing sanctions on Chinese officials, institutions and enterprises, what is the sincerity and meaning of such communication?” Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters at a briefing in Beijing late last month.
