JACUMBA, California — The number of Chinese migrants detained while attempting to enter the U.S. via Mexico has multiplied, with the desperate economic situation back home a major driver, interviews at a holding encampment in southern California show.
“We spent two and a half days walking through a rainforest — two and a half days,” said a 10-year-old boy who proudly recounted his family’s life-or-death journey before crossing into the U.S. at dawn on Feb. 4.
