Up to eight thousand Chinese nationals came into the United States after US President Donald Trump banned travel, Fox News reported.

According to a recent report by The Associated Press, referring to data it obtained on travel from the US Commerce Department, as many as 8,000 nationals from China and foreign residents of Hong Kong and Macao have entered the US over the last three months.

Meanwhile, over 600 flights brought in travelers from these areas in the mentioned period.

According to the AP, 5,600 Chinese and foreigners from Hong Kong and Macau arrived in the US in February.

More than 2 thousand passengers from the same areas arrived in the country in March, and another 150 people arrived in April.