The Billion-Dollar Business of Human and Drug Smuggling

Border Patrol agent Carlos Ruiz apprehends 35 illegal aliens who have just crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Huge amounts of money are flowing straight to the coffers of the Mexican cartels and smuggling organizations off the backs of illegal immigrants. And as the numbers reach new heights every month, the profits continue to roll in.

Border Patrol has apprehended 460,294 illegal aliens during the first seven months of the 2019 fiscal year.