China expands influence near wealthy Florida enclave as migrants from communist country flood into US

China may be on the verge of gaining access to Florida’s coast as its presence in America’s backyard grows, with an increase in Chinese encounters at the national border.

The Caribbean region, often referred to as “America’s third border” due to its closeness to the U.S., has seen significant support from China in terms of investments in maritime logistics and infrastructure projects in recent times.

“The Chinese seem to be aiming to increase their influence in a region that is in close proximity to the United States,” noted Gordon G. Chang, a U.S.-China relations expert and author, in an interview with Fox News Digital. 

Chang pointed to the $3.4-billion Freeport Container port project in the Bahamas, just 87 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida.  

A report from the House Foreign Affairs Committee found that China invested over $10 billion in six Caribbean countries between 2005 and 2022.

now two thirds of Chinese migrants coming into the U.S. are single men of military age, traveling alone, and claiming they don’t speak any English.

Border Patrol has noticed that in some of these packs, they’re coming across in packs between 4 and 15, that everybody in the pack has an identical kit,” he said. “That is an ominous sign.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. State Department for comment.

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