DHS Report Shows Human Traffickers Rake in Billions Bringing Migrants to the US From Central America

IJR ^ | 6/10/2019 | Madison Dibble

[detective]

A report funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that human traffickers taking migrants from Central America to the United States are raking in billions.

As IJR previously reported, Border Patrol has apprehended more than 614,000 migrants in the current financial year. Many of these migrants were found to be crossing the border in large groups, with some of the groups containing more than 1,000 people.

[detective]

One reason migrants are arriving in large groups is that the migrants are traveling with human traffickers. This prompted DHS to fund a study from the Rand Corporation into the process used by these smugglers.

The Rand Corporation found that smugglers range from individuals to large transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), like the cartel. While the smugglers are predominately small operations, the report notes that large TCOs have “taxes” they levy on the migrants to allow them to safely travel through cartel-controlled territories. The report estimates that TCOs make as much as $30 million to $180 million off these “taxes” on migrants passing through their territory.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[oust the louse]

No big deal...please let me know when this becomes a crisis...yawn. (me doing my best ignoramus liberal impression)

[Zathras]

DHS needed to fund a study to discover this?
No one ever thought to ask someone?
One of my best friends had her family ranch in CA stolen from them by an illegal from Guatemala.

[SkyDancer]

I wonder how much of that is donated to the (D)’s?

[kaehurowing]

How much gets “donated” to the Democrats and Democrat candidates?

[Army Air Corps]

That would be an interesting, and enlightening investigation.

[Mr.Unique]

Link to the Rand report: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2852.html

You can read on-line or download the pdf.

I tell all my liberal friends that you CAN'T be against Human Trafficking and for Open Borders at the same time.

[SkyDancer]

Aren’t they supposed to list where/who their donations come from?

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Just $136.00 dollars to 95.00%

[luvie]

Disgusting pigs! We should confiscate this money somehow!

PiNG!

[Army Air Corps]

They can still funnel the money through people or front groups.

[Yaelle]

None of this is surprising, but let’s see this get some coverage.

The SJWs are just stupid pawns being taken advantage of by Big Illegal. They rail against Industrial Complexes without seeing how they basically fight for some really bad Industry Hombres to keep at it.

Always follow the money.

[MeganC]

How much money are the Democrats and the detestable Chamber of Commerce RINOs taking in from the traffickers?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Wanted dead or alive posters of these traffickers

[TianaHighrider]

Does Catholic charities and the other groups assisting and cashing in on these mass invasions count as human traffickers too?

[litehaus]

Dear Prez Andrés Manuel López Obrador ,,

We thank you for agreeing the CARTEL Palaces should be “droned”...As soon as the pentagon does the planning to get all 17 suspected places, we will notify you.

Thank you

[gundog]

Maybe they’re being paid in little kids.

[gundog]

Are you suggesting that the Catholic Church would take advantage of.... never mind.