🚨 Several “tough on China” GOP Congressmen are quietly backing a program that brings MORE Chinese nationals into America without going through normal visa checks.
@Jim_Jordan @BrianMastFL @RepTroyNehls — care to explain?
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The EVS-TAP program lets Chinese nationals — even Chinese Communist Party members — get U.S. entry through the Northern Mariana Islands with virtually zero oversight.
These islands are U.S. territory.
Once in, they can buy American IDs and some have already tried to infiltrate Guam’s military bases, just 60 miles away.
King-Hinds names @Jim_Jordan as one of the biggest backers of the Chinese EVS-TAP visa scheme.
He even called her privately to celebrate. Why no mention of this to your base?
@RepTroyNehls even lobbied DHS @SecNoem in writing to support the program.
And King-Hinds admits he was “advised” (by the Chinese?) to cozy up to @BrianMastFL because of his influence with President Trump.
In 2023, then-Sen. Marco Rubio and 30 other members of Congress pushed Sec. Mayorkas to shut down this obvious national security threat.
So why are these so-called “pro-Trump” China hawks now pushing it?
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