An immigration specialist suggests that the influx of Chinese undocumented immigrants into the United States may be largely facilitated by the Chinese community in a western Canadian city and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) might be exploiting established Canadian smuggling routes to infiltrate operatives into the U.S.

With southern border crossings virtually stalling, Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, offered insights into the ongoing movement of Chinese illegal immigrants from the north.

“It would make sense if they’re attempting to cross the northern border instead,” he told Fox News Digital. “There are many Chinese people in Vancouver, including a substantial Hong Kong population.”

Migrants are seen crossing the northern border. (Customs and Border Protection)

“A lot of them must be hiring smugglers just because if you don’t know the ropes, how do you know where to go and who to talk to and what part of the border to sneak across?” he said. “It’s harder than it looks.”

Krikorian said he does not believe there is currently a grand conspiracy to send groups of Chinese spies into the U.S. via the northern border, especially because of the Trump administration’s stricter policies on border security. 

An operation like that, he said, would more likely occur with more relaxed border policies like the ones during the Biden administration and that the CCP is patient and calculated enough to simply wait until America’s borders are open again. 

Illegal aliens cross into the United States via the northern border with Canada. (Customs and Border Protection)

However, he said it was unfathomable to think that China would give up on exploiting America’s border weaknesses or using preexisting smuggling routes they have used in the past.

Historic Chinatown community in Vancouver, Canada (Getty Images)

“I think the main thing is just people coming for dishwashing jobs, like regular illegal aliens,” he said. “But if there’s a flow like that, the People’s Liberation Army is not stupid. They’re going to salt it with people they’re going to want to use in the future, whether it’s saboteurs or spies or what have you. 

“Does anybody think the Chinese Communist Party is stupid enough not to have taken advantage of this opportunity Biden gave them? No.”