Immigration Officials Taking New Steps to Discourage Smuggling of Children
By RON NIXON and CAITLIN DICKERSONSEPT. 24, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is stepping up its pursuit of parents who paid to have their children illegally brought into the United States, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort, part of a widening crackdown on illegal immigration, is aimed at discouraging families from paying human smuggling organizations.
As part of a new round of immigration sweeps, officials are targeting parents or other relatives who were deported, re-entered the United States and then had their children smuggled across the border. Legal experts say cases of illegal re-entry are faster and easier to prove than a smuggling charge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/us/politics/parents-illegal-immigrants-human-smuggling.html
