A Tennessee law that makes it a felony to “harbor” immigrants without legal status remains enforceable after a federal judge last week dismissed a legal challenge brought by Lutheran churches. The law defines human smuggling as intentionally concealing, harboring or shielding from detection, for financial gain, any individual known to have illegally entered or remained […]
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration continues to crack down on visa fraud and human smuggling involving agricultural workers.
(The Center Square) – Another human smuggling ring has been busted at the U.S.-Canada border.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Border Patrol in far west Texas is warning rideshare drivers about human smugglers using rideshare apps to organize illegal smuggling activity.
(The Center Square) – In six weeks, 60 people have been prosecuted for border crimes in Vermont.
(The Center Square) – Mexican-based human smuggling rings have been busted in multiple states. One involved smuggling hundreds of people from Central America, Africa and the Middle East into Arizona; another involved holding hostage foreign nationals in a ransom scheme where they were killed. Another involved a $200 million forced labor scheme on U.S. farms.