Smugglers Using Kidnapped Children to Get Migrants Into US Illegally

Smugglers Using Kidnapped Children to Get Migrants Into US Illegally
A girl taking part in a migrant caravan looks out from the trailer of a truck along the Irapuato-Guadalajara highway in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, on Nov. 12, 2018. Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images
Colin Fredericson
Updated:

Human traffickers are using “child recycling rings” to smuggle people across the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.

Nielsen told Fox News that the practice essentially uses the kidnapping and passing around of children as a way to skirt U.S. immigration laws.
Colin Fredericson
Colin Fredericson
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Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.
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