Former Border Patrol Chief: Chaos at Border Putting Cartels in Control, Leading to More Human Trafficking

A coyote people smuggler (R) guides an inflatable boat carrying migrants from Central America arriving illegally from Mexico to the United States to seek asylum, on the Rio Grande river at the border city of Roma, Texas, on March 29, 2021. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

The chaotic influx of illegal immigrants into the United States at the southern border has given cartels the green light to human trafficking, sex trafficking, and creating routes to funnel lethal drugs, says former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott.

Since March 2021, Border Patrol agents have been arresting at least 5,000 illegal immigrants daily on average at the southwest border, which has “overwhelm[ed] their resources” and has in turn created “huge gaps in border security,” Scott told NTD’s Cindy Drukier during an interview on The Nation Speaks on March 12.