ICE chief says this foreign adversary isn’t taking back its illegal immigrants

China is one of the top countries that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing issues with in terms of getting it to take back nationals who have crossed into the U.S. illegally.

"We've got Bhutan, top of the list there, Cambodia, they've been challenging, the People’s Republic of China, although we’ve had some recent cautiously optimistic progress with the Chinese, so I want to say it’s moving in the right direction there." Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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He also said that ICE is working with both other DHS agencies and the State Department in trying to rectify recalcitrant countries, but he noted that "it’s not an easy issue for them either," given other factors, including geopolitical issues.