After 51 migrants found dead, experts say strict border policies only fuel desperation
The incident is believed to be the deadliest human smuggling incident on U.S. soil.Police work the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in a remote area in southwestern San Antonio, Monday, June 27, 2022. “You cannot enforce your way out of these migration pressures,” said former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service commissioner Doris Meissner, who said the U.S.
Correa-Cabrera, a professor at George Mason University, has studied a number of different smuggling routes, including the common pathway from Nuevo Laredo to Laredo — through one of the busiest ports in the United States. "Because of the fact that these networks have become more savvy and more sophisticated, can bring people from their own continent to the United States, U.S.-bound migrations have incorporated more countries,” she said. “So, now, we are talking about a global phenomenon, not just a phenomenon from Central America."
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