It is thought the IDs are being made and sold by cartels so that migrants travelling to the US from Asia and elsewhere can pass checks by Mexican police as they travel through the country.
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Chinese migrants are using Mexican IDs to ease their passage to the US amid a huge increase in arrivals from the communist country.
The puzzling trend was revealed in new footage from the San Diego border, where the number of
China nationals entering from
Mexico so far this year is already more than double its total for the whole of last year.
It is thought the IDs are being made and sold by cartels so that migrants travelling to the US from
Asia and elsewhere can pass checks by Mexican police as they travel through the country.
The documents are then destroyed or discarded by migrants as they cross the US border, making it harder for authorities to identify them and easing their path to asylum.
Video shared with DailyMail.com shows Bill Wells, Mayor of El Cajon, a city about 17 miles east of San Diego, inspecting dozens of cards left behind by Chinese nationals at a crossing point between Jacumba Hot Springs and Campo.