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Mexican cartels are now offering VIP travel agency packages worth as much as $15,000 to help illegal immigrants sneak into the United States via a stream of underground tunnels.

The so-called VIP smuggling has become so lucrative that the cartels are now focusing roughly 70% of their criminal activity on getting migrants across the US-Mexico border instead of their usual drug trafficking, USA Today reported.

The La Linea cartel, for example, has allegedly been shepherding roughly 1,000 VIP migrants from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas every month, a senior Mexican official told the outlet.

Criminals have shifted from their primary business, which was drug trafficking. Now 60-70% of their focus is migrant smuggling, Arturo Velasco, the head of the Chihuahua attorney generals offices anti-kidnapping unit, said.

A kilo of cocaine might bring in $1,500, but the risk is very high, he continued. The cost-benefit of trafficking a person is $10,000, $12,000, $15,000.

The migration travel agency packages can range between $6,000 to $15,000 per person, according to both smugglers and migrants.

The VIP migrants are given a code, which identifies what cartel theyve paid to help them, so they can avoid being harassed by local cops or rival syndicates as they traverse through the tunnels, according to officials.

Mexican National Guard members and immigration bureaucrats, as well as local cops, are allegedly in on the VIP ruse and have been accepting bribes from cartels, officials claimed.

In some cases, cops are even kidnapping migrants and keeping them in safe houses until they can find the money to pay a cartel for a VIP package.

They load people onto their trucks, and they care for them, so that another cartel doesnt abduct them, one smuggler, identified only as Ricardo, said.

The cops then bring the VIPs to tunnel entrances and, in some instances, provide cover for the smugglers and migrants as they head to the border, he added.

Ricardo said he forks out nearly $600 per migrant for the police protection service.

Its millions of pesos in extortions and everyone is in on it, Tony Payan, director of The U.S.-Mexico Center at Rice University, said of the VIP scheme.

In other words, its an extortion force.

Meanwhile, Jurez municipal police chief Cesar Omar Muoz Morales denied allegations of corruption, insisting his department was clean and efficient.

Were doing the best we can, he said.

News of the cartels VIP migrant operation emerged after it was revealed some 42,000 migrants have illegally crossed the border from Mexico in the days sincePresident Biden issued a crackdown executive order earlier this month.

The June 4 order threatens to haltasylum processingatthe US border if the average number of illegal arrivalscrosses 2,500 per dayin a week.

The average number of crossings each day has been roughly 3,200 since the order began, internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data leaked to The Post shows.

Border Patrol sources said most of the migrants are still being given court dates and released into the US despite the Biden Administrations claim the new measure would stem the flowof illegal immigrants.

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WASHINGTONU.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), JD Vance (R-OH), and Joe Manchin (I-WV) today introduced the Mandatory E-Verify Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation that would require all employers to use the federal electronic E-Verify system to confirm the employment eligibility of their workforce. The senators bill comes on the heels of President Bidens recent attempt to restrict asylum claims, which does not affect the millions of illegal aliens who have already entered the United States since he took office and leaves in place the employment magnet that incentivizes illegal immigration.

President Bidens last-ditch effort to limit asylum is too little, too late. Millions of illegal immigrants have already flooded into our country under his watch, and his executive order falls short in stopping widespread illegal employment,Senator Romney said. By requiring all employers to use E-Verify, our legislation would ensure that businesses only hire legal workerseliminating a key driver of illegal immigration and protecting jobs for hardworking Americans.

American workers today compete against millions of illegal immigrants for too few jobsthats unfair. Ending the black market for illegal labor will open up jobs for Americans, Senator Cotton said. Our legislation will take the necessary steps to make sure every potential employer is hiring only legal workers.

E-verify protects employees and employers,said Dr. Cassidy.It is an essential tool in controlling immigration and protecting Americans jobs.

Im proud to introduce the Mandatory E-Verify Act of 2024 to ensure businesses of all sizes are hiring legal workers, said Senator Manchin. Along with the E-Verify mandate, our bipartisan legislation would increase penalties for businesses that intentionally avoid E-Verify and hire unauthorized labor. Expanding E-Verify was a key component of the 2013 bipartisan immigration deal that passed the Senate and was our biggest opportunity to comprehensively fix our broken immigration system. I will continue to support all components of that compromise including E-Verify, stronger border security, and expanded pathways for legal immigration.

Background:

One of the leading causes of illegal immigration is the lack of adequate safeguards against unlawful employment in the U.S. job market.About7.8 millionillegal immigrants were in the U.S. labor force in 2021, and undocumented migrant encounters reported by U.S. Border Patrol have skyrocketed to more than9.6 millionsince then.According to Rasmussen Reports,68%of all likely voters believe the government should mandate employers to use E-Verify to help ensure they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs.

TheMandatory E-Verify Act of 2024would:

Full text of the legislation can be foundhere, and a one pager is availablehere.

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SALT LAKE CITY Illegal immigrants have been sent to Utah from the city of Denver without local officials being aware or approving of the actions, according to statements from Governor Spencer Cox and his office.

In a social media post Friday, Cox accused Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, of sending the immigrants who are in the process of being allowed in the country to Utah without approval, calling the move "completely unacceptable."

When contacted by FOX 13 News, a spokesperson for Cox's office said they learned of the sending of immigrants to Salt Lake City on May 13.

"Denver did not consult with us prior to instigating this practice. We have now been told that 59 people have been bussed or flown to Salt Lake in the past 30 days," said Jennifer Napier-Pearce.

The governor's office added that one group of immigrants was allegedly sent to Salt Lake City International Airport with no resources or anywhere to go.

Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she is aware of migrants arriving from Denver and has recently spoken with Johnston, adding that her office is regularly briefed from federal and local agencies.

While Mendenhall says Salt Lake City has tried to connect families without local resources, her office says a consistent message has been delivered that local emergency services and shelter space is currently at full capacity.

More often, our metro area is seeing the arrival of families seeking asylum, who do not have existing connections or family in Utah. Contact and communication about their arrival would require other state and local governments or nonprofits outside Utah to connect with local service providers or officials in advance," said a spokesperson with Mendenhall's office. "Like many local governments working to navigate this increasing nationwide challenge, Utah does not have a formal entrance process for new arrivals, and often those who arrive in Salt Lake City spread out to locations across Salt Lake County and the region."

For his part, Cox is placing the blame on the Biden administration.

"All 50 states, including Utah, are now border states due to the failed immigration policies of President Biden and Congress," the governor wrote. "Once again we call on the Biden administration and Congress to solve this crisis."

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) Gov. Spencer Cox claimed Friday that the mayor of Denver is sending immigrants to Utah without proper approval, calling the alleged actions unacceptable on Twitter/X.

We recently learned that the Democrat mayor of Denver has been sending illegal immigrants to Utah without proper notification or approval. This is completely unacceptable and follows on the failed catch-and-release policy of the Biden administration, his post said in part.

The Salt Lake City Police Department told ABC4 that 15 people arrived in Salt Lake City last month from Colorado, all of whom had gone through federal processing. Police say social workers transported them to Ogden because the shelters in Salt Lake County were full.

Jon Ewing, a representative of the Denver Department of Human Services, confirmed that they had helped people travel to Salt Lake City over the past 30 days, however, he said they have been incredibly transparent with all of our newcomer operations.

They say over the past year and a half they have helped approximately 2,000 people travel to Salt Lake City, with 59 of those people having departed in the last 30 days.

The vast majority of newcomers arriving in Denver do so on buses chartered from Texas and had no intention of ever coming to Denver. Thats why part of our operations include purchasing tickets for newcomers to get to their desired location, where they may have support networks or job opportunities, Ewing said.

Ewing added the destination is always chosen by the newcomer, and many choose to go to other locations like New York and Chicago.

To date Denver has served more than 42,000 people from the southern border, assistance which has included helping to house thousands of people and assisting more than 2,000 individuals with securing legal work, he said.

Cox said every state has received immigrants and Utahs resources are completely depleted.

All 50 states, including Utah, are now border states due to the failed immigration policies of President Biden and Congress, Cox said. Once again we call on the Biden administration and Congress to solve this crisis.

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Two former chiefs of the U.S. Border Patrol join Parsing Immigration Policy this week on the occasion of the agencys 100th anniversary. Rodney Scott and Mark Morgan join host Mark Krikorian discuss how, despite a century of government policies that have often made it harder to secure the border, the Border Patrol has always remained committed to protecting Americas national security. Morgan emphasizes that bad politics, the lack of political courage, strength, and will decade after decade has made the Border Patrols job more difficultbut yet somehow they still are able to succeed.

The Biden administration has leveraged Americans compassion for migrants to promote policies that hinder the Border Patrols ability to do its job. One such policy is the elimination of rapid DNA testing, which helps agents in identifying human traffickers. The mass influx of illegal immigrants that started in 2021 has overwhelmed the Border Patrol, preventing them from engaging in preventive measures like rigorously interviewing suspicious migrants. This situation has led to the departure of many experienced agents and has hindered the training of new agents to address potential national security threats at the border. Morgan and Scott emphasize that illegal immigration is not a victimless crime, underscoring that Border Patrol agents are not motivated by racism or any other nefarious motives; rather, they are safeguarding American national security and the integrity of the legal immigration system.

Going forward, Morgan and Scott stress the importance of improving transparency at the border to pressure politicians to provide resources and policies that will improve border security.

In his closing commentary, Mark Krikorian, the Centers Executive Director and podcast host, discusses the eight Tajikistani nationals all of whom crossed the Southern border and were then released who were recently arrested on terrorism charges. The vetting process failed to detect these Tajiks terrorist ties, and once these ties were discovered, the fact that these foreign nationals were not detained allowed them to disappear into the country. Border security is ultimately a matter of national security, and cases like this showcase the limitations of vetting and the importance of detention.

Mark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

Rodney Scott is a former Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol.

Mark Morgan is a former Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol.

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