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This was interesting: > found a tunnel that emerged among weeds in a vacant area near Otay Mesa after 30 people, most from China and a few from Mexico, appeare
by samspenc 8y ago
This was interesting:
> found a tunnel that emerged among weeds in a vacant area near Otay Mesa after 30 people, most from China and a few from Mexico, appeared out of it early one morning.
Are tunnels from Mexico being used to transport people from Asian and countries to the US? Or is there some other context missing here?
- stephenr 8y agoClearly the tunnel goes all the way to China. Be on the lookout for a ~5 foot grey rabbit eating a carrot saying “what’s up doc”
- LyndsySimon 8y agoI don't know how common it is to cross the border illegally to do it, but foreign nationals do come to the US specifically for the purpose of having children. It's called "birth tourism": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_tourism#Birth_(and_abortion_and_other_medical)_tourism_among_the_United_States,_Canada,_and_Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_tourism#Birth_(and_abort... A Chinese woman could have additional reason to do so as a means of circumventing China's "two child" policy. Again - to be clear, I have no idea how common this is in practice, much less how common it is for Chinese nationals to enter the US illegally for this purpose or if it's applicable to the people in the article.
- ap3 8y agoThe people going in through tunnels are going for work not to have babies. I guess it’s much easier to come into México in a ship first and then cross into the US Birth tourism is done via airports and turist visas