Since the late 1980s onwards, hundreds of thousands of Chinese illegal immigrants smuggled into the United States, these people are using a variety of methods, or through sham marriages, or to obtain false identification , through third countries, such as Thailand, Mexico, Canada diverted into the United States. Most of them from Fujian province, they make New York's Chinatown has almost become the epitome of Fujian Culture. Their home is almost in ruins city. U.S. Customs investigators estimated that one has $ 10 billion in international smuggling syndicates operating an illegal Chinese immigrant smuggling business.

Fujian people constantly sneak into the United States
U.S. National Public Radio (npr) 20 reported on, in the summer of 1993, a rusty steamer ran aground near New York City. Nearly 300 illegal immigrants from Fujian immigrants fall into cold water, in which 10 people died soon after.

Risk-taking behavior of these immigrants was to become America's front-page news. Many people first heard of Chinese stowaways. To now 14 years later, still a steady stream of Fujian flow to the United States, but the population has dramatically changed the way of smuggling. 20 years ago, to the United States costs about $ 15,000. And now, immigrants will have to pay 60,000 to 80,000 U.S. dollars.

In most cases, hundreds of people smuggling is no longer in danger of being loaded on a ship, but to use the airport, cars and regular flights worldwide staggered smuggling. Illegal immigrants to emulate a variety of ways to bring people legitimate entry. Since the late 1980s, there have been hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from China's Fujian Province, illegal entry into the United States.

The most popular method of entering the United States is a fake marriage, this seems to be legitimate, but in fact is illegal. A fake marriage broker in New York, he asked not to be named, talking about how he arranged marriages.

He said the fake marriage usually spend about $ 75,000, paid in installments manner. U.S. citizen spouse can get up to act as a fake $ 65,000. First find fake U.S. broker spouse and send them to China, usually three or groups of four. Once there, another Chinese broker to match the other arrangements, preparation of documents, and the most important thing is to arrange the wedding reception. These false spouse wedding marriage ceremony with another party.

Often they need to maintain a marriage for two years, and then parted ways, in this way, the estimated annual illegal Chinese immigrants into the United States amounted to 20,000 to 30,000.

In addition, illegal immigrants also used false documents through legal entry points smuggling. Bangkok, Thailand is a place to get false documents. Here you can buy a forged identity card, driving license, correspondent card, or even fake diplomas. Sale of these documents are usually open shop.

A restaurant owner about 10 years ago to do this kind of business. He was a middleman, buying and selling real passport to the next one middleman, he does not know who will eventually use this passport. He said that Thailand is the largest source of fake passports, "Many illegal immigrants use the same passport, stripped off for the cover photo."

Initially, the Chinese people first legal reach Bangkok. Obtain false documents in Thailand after meandering along smuggling routes through Russia, Europe, Africa or the Americas, trek finally reach the United States.

For example Chinese people into Mexico, the trip to the north across the border into the United States.Every week about 50 to 100 Chinese citizens attempting to cross the US-Mexican border.

Belize (belize, or the translation of Belize) has become smugglers from Latin America to the United States for a brief stopover station. In Belize, the Chinese population, surprisingly many of the country's total population of 30 million people in 3%. Those familiar with the industry say that smugglers are local Chinese businessmen Belize.

cnn reports, the Port of Vancouver, Canada every year about one million sea cargo by checking the entry in 2000 of the New Year period, customs inspectors found two boat packed with illegal immigrants trying to Chinese immigrants. Almost simultaneously, Seattle, USA, in a container of Chinese immigrants found three corpses, once again aroused the concern for human smuggling trade, these people are trying to enter from several West Coast ports, in order to obtain political asylum.

All of these illegal immigrants who have been trying to apply for refugee status. Since then, Canadian authorities began to pay attention containers, including possession of suspected immigrants, fearing there may be more boats carrying illegal immigrants.

Most illegal immigrants from China's eastern coastal provinces of Fujian and their destination is the United States. Investigators estimated that one has $ 10 billion in operating an international smuggling syndicate smuggling Chinese people's business.

In the past 20 years, from Fujian, China has been the influx of illegal immigrants in New York City's Chinatown. Almost the whole street became the epitome of Fujian Culture.

So far, hundreds of thousands of people through the China Fujian snakehead voluntarily smuggled into the United States. These smugglers operates lucrative, illegal and sometimes dangerous international smuggling network.

Immigrants seeking work flow everywhere throughout the United States. One surname only 29-year-old Chen, nine years ago from Fujian smuggling this. He said: "I have never fixed work, and sometimes work for a year, sometimes days, sometimes a day, sometimes half a day." I have been to Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas, Florida, upstate New York and New York City. "

However, his fate just have a turning point, through a professional agency to find him a new job. He said he will serve as a cook, earning $ 2,700 per month, or about $ 32,000 a year. Boss provided free housing and diet.

Chinese immigrants from Fujian hometown
On the other side, a village in Fujian Province and Henan township (hoyuxiang) due to the smuggling trade, in fact, has become a city of ruins, the streets deserted.

A construction worker said, everyone went to the United States. Old people live in this village, most of the young people abroad. These houses are in a foreign country by the people who pay into, but it is completely empty.

Relatives in the United States send home money, more than they work in China's 4-5 fold. The Fujian Province by Chinese standards are not poor. In fact, many construction workers in Fujian and maids are from Sichuan province in western China.