Having fled China because of political persecution or for better economic opportunities, many undocumented Chinese men reject the message they're a threat to the U.S.

Summary

Undocumented Chinese men are alarmed by Trump’s plan to prioritize their deportation, citing baseless national security concerns about “military-age” immigrants.

Many fled political persecution or economic hardship and reject claims of being a threat.

Legal experts warn of racial profiling and expanded ICE raids, urging immigrants to know their rights. Deportation fears grow as China cooperates in repatriation efforts.

Chinese immigrants express anxiety over family separations and harsh consequences if returned, emphasizing they seek safety and stability, not harm.

Critics call Trump’s policies cruel and unjustified.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      28·
      2 days ago

      US economy gonna instantly contract 5% if all the hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurants have to shut down when their workers get deported

      • bufalo1973@lemmy.ml
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Add the contraction from deporting all South and Central Americans (we’ll see if only those without papers or all).

      • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        24·
        2 days ago

        If only it were just hole in the wall places…

        The local higher end places like sushi and hibachi joints are also staffed almost entirely by Chinese migrants around me. One of the places I worked for a while even had a weird arrangement to get people into the country, probably illegally (they didn’t stay with the company for more than a month before moving on to a bigger city, so I’m sure this was some sort of illegal immigration operation… none of my business.)

        • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          18·
          2 days ago

          We had a Chinese restaurant here years ago that ran into issues with that. The manager of the location would bus his kitchen staff in every morning. And they would close it and he would bus them home at night. None of them could speak a lick of English apart from the manager. Who was Korean. The kitchen staff was Venezuelan and all undocumented. This went on for years with kitchen staff all living out of a motel on an outer road near the river.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
            4·
            23 hours ago

            Venezuelan no-English kitchen staff working for a Korean manager for a Chinese restaurant?

            Fantastic mix.