[eastexsteve]

Here is what some of these empty-handed Chinese illegal immigrants are up to.

[pierrem15]

There's a lot of gold smuggling out of China to get around the government's capital controls.

Back in the old days when France still had tight controls on exports of currency, relatives would buy gold take it out of the country & sell it. Or, if you had relatives with business accounts, transfer it to the business overseas and pick it up there.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I seen a couple of these illegal azhos down at the border tell a reporter that they didn’t come here “to do slave labor”. The came here to make “big money” and then laughed.

[bunkerhill7]

Meanwhile, 8000 miles away, people are hangin` on for dear life.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kS-vJUKwsmI

[xp38]

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Where Did These Two Illegal Immigrants Get 100 Ounces Of Gold?

Wouldn't surprise me if Gavin Newsom had set up a program to give a few hundred thousand in gold to each illegal alien, at this point.

[logi_cal869]

Imagine the damage & chaos 100 teams of 2 with $250k each could do...

My bet is that there are already >10x that number here already, waiting...

[umbagi]

Bail money for Hochul’s handler?

[Repeal The 17th]

Were they arrested for having gold?
Is that against the law?

[Secret Agent Man]

Guess the Big Guy ain’t getting paid today...

[Karl Spooner]

Here's the likely motive why the thieves are here instead of China.

"In China theft results in a minimum of 10 years imprisonment, life sentence, or even death penalty.

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"Lin reportedly entered the U.S. illegally on Sept. 15, 2023 in Tecate, California and was given a notice to appear. Lin had been released on an order of own recognizance and was set for further immigration processing in Los Angeles in September 2024."

Chen entered the U.S. illegally on Dec. 17, 2023 in Tecate, California and was given a notice to appear. He was released on an order of own recognizance and is pending immigration judicial action."

[sasquatch]

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.

[delta7]

An attempt to demonize Gold? Any gold bug can be arrested or under suspicion of “ something”, resulting in confiscation without trial? Bad, bad precedent….as the USD continues to fall, gold is booming, now at historic highs ( In dollars), about 2,500 paper dollars per t/ounce. We are in a generational bull market, and .gov hates it.

That said, I expect our governments push for digital currency ( cashless system) to ramp up, and more demonizing of Gold, Bitcoins, private digital currency.

Finally, pictures would be helpful in determining where they acquired the Gold. US GoldEagles? Generic bars? Pre-33 coinage? Chinese bullion, foreign bullion?

[Larry Lucido]

From William DeVane at Roslind Capital.

[Revel]

Those gold bars can be traced from point of origin. Bet we never find out where they have been.

[Paal Gulli]

Dumbass fails to mention whether those ounces are avoirdupois or troy.

[Organic Panic]

Old timely democrats prefer gold to that crypto stuff.

[dinodino]

Coming from China, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that the bars are actually gold-covered tungsten...

[Fresh Wind]

Was it solid gold, or gold-plated tungsten?

[blueplum]

China’s gold buying spree - as China’s real estate tanks, gold is the new go-to.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/could-chinas-astonishing-gold-buying-110000000.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAtaFSt107rlrP0RdusHR6nwfYqrKlpZHbmhAIbSrlrkvtVXhHjWzyXa8pHo1HrcxRBiUVkixWoJtfRIGAUZJHnB0Iq07iO41tpvaq5PrH-gqwMXPLKVqpj7ygnXk4B-v-zT0M6dEFPbxaLP8sAnIjOMLoEnR9ky5SusdYb3LCZN

are they sure it’s real gold?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_zuH68dpbI

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Ask Bob Menendez! He might know.