Considering that most charge much more than one thousand dollars and that some take dozens across at a time, you're talking about a lot of money available for bribes.
Unfortunately, not many people want to patrol a desert border. An employee of mine who couldn't get into the military joined the border patrol because he said "they get to wear those neat looking vests".
Damn! Once upon a time the BP had some strict hiring standards. When the 8 years of klintoon's, reign of teror occurred many undesireable people were hired in federal law enforcement. Ie; the majority of the air traffic controllers, who went on strike and were rightly fired by President Reagan is a prime example. The BP used to be a strike&high speed federal LEA.There are still some good men and women of integrity working for the BP. NSNR