In early July, the U.S. carried out a rare mass deportation - to China. According to The Guardian, the flight bringing 116 Chinese citizens back to the country was the largest such operation in five years. While the Department of Homeland Security has had issues in the past deporting Chinese people, it now said it was working with China on more removal flights. Chinese migrants people have been making the trek north from Latin America recently - for example from Ecuador which has been offering visa-free entry. Advocacy organizations say they are escaping poverty and repression - and the difference between the two normally determines whether they can stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds.
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