OPINION: The Cost of the CCP’s Crime in America

By U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) | Jun 18, 2024

More than 6,000 miles away from my home state of South Dakota, mafias in China are pulling strings and calling the shots on Chinese nationals in America. These mafias are orchestrating shocking criminal activities in America, from human and drug trafficking to fraud and money laundering. As a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it’s become clear through hearings and research that we should never assume China’s motive is pure, right, or good. Their anti-American and anti-freedom approach to governing and global affairs is a root of evil that is spreading throughout the world in subtle yet significant ways. It grows underground, undetected, until it sprouts up in our communities.