As I’ve noted, a growing number of Chinese nationals — many military-aged males — are among the millions of illegal aliens crossing the unsecured southern border. Also crossing the border are Chinese-produced fentanyl and fentanyl precursors that the Congressional Research Service estimates have killed at least 77,000 Americans by overdose in the last year (meanwhile, Brookings reports that Chinese cooperation with U.S. counternarcotics operations has declined since 2020).

Now, the Maine Wire reports that illegal Chinese marijuana grows have been metastasizing throughout rural Maine over the last three years. A leaked Department of Homeland Security memo indicates that Chinese nationals are exploiting the Biden Administration’s lax immigration policies and using illegal alien labor to operate up to 270 illegal marijuana sites in the state (regulated marijuana is legal in Maine, but the marijuana grown by illegal sites may contain banned substances as well as pesticides and fungicides).

The Maine Wire notes that “Maine’s congressional delegation has called upon the Department of Justice to shutter the (illegal marijuana) operations, but Attorney General Merrick Garland has yet to respond in writing.”

Maine isn’t alone. More than 700 such Chinese sites have sprung up nationwide.

Voters in the State of Ohio approved legal marijuana yesterday. No doubt, few were more delighted than the Communist Party of China.