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A U.S. Border Patrol agent counts immigrants before transporting them for further processing in Campo, Calif., on March 7, 2024. They were part of a group of immigrants delivered by Mexican smugglers to a remote area of the U.S.-Mexico border to cross and request political asylum in the United States. John Moore/Getty Images
Simon Hankinson, a former foreign service officer with the State Department, is a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center.