US to welcome HK refugees from 2021

The United States will begin opening its doors to refugees from Hong Kong, Chad Wolf, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has said in a speech to the Heritage Foundation.

“In fiscal year 2021, we will be specifically welcoming refugees who are nationals or habitual residents of Hong Kong,''

He also said that the US is engaging with Taiwan regarding Taipei’s pending application for preclearance for U.S.-bound travelers.

“With these actions — and others — we will block China’s exploitation of our border and immigration system.

To address the China threat, law enforcement plays a critical role.''

Wolf said that the threats to America's peace and prosperity emanate largely from China, in particular the Chinese Communist Party, which picked up the mantle of Communist ideology and has adapted it to current times. “Today, the ideology that fueled the Soviet Union is alive and well in China.''

The Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarian ideology and China’s malign actions are intertwine Wolf said.

“They share a philosophical premise: the belief that the CCP can ruthlessly pursue its ends regardless of whom it hurts along the way — be it millions of people now at risk of COVID across the globe or China’s own oppressed citizens, who cannot start their families, practice their faiths, or speak their minds without the fear of swift and inhumane government retribution.

But the ideology is also tied to China’s strategic actions against the United States in a practical way. In the truest sense of the word, it is a totalitarian state.''

Wolf said that the plain truth is: the most long-term strategic threat to Americans, to the Homeland, and to the American way of life is coming from Beijing.