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**Migrant Smuggling is on the Rise**

Good afternoon,

It's been just over one month since 53 migrants died in the back of a
tractor-trailer discovered in San Antonio, making it the deadliest
smuggling incident

in U.S. history. Last week, two men were indicted

in the case on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport
migrants illegally, resulting in death and serious injury.

Instances of migrant smuggling have risen over the last several years.
The number of people arrested and charged with human smuggling increased
from 2,762 in 2014 to 5,046 in 2021, according to the New York Times
.
Seeing opportunities to profit, cartels have become increasingly
involved in human smuggling operations. Migrants often have to pay
thousands of dollars to cartels who control routes and access points to
the border. It is estimated

that revenue from human smuggling has jumped from $500 million in 2018
to $13 billion today.

Ineffective border management policies are one reason for this increase
in migrant smuggling. Title 42
,
the pandemic-era policy that allows border agents to rapidly expel
arriving migrants without processing or allowing them to apply for
humanitarian protection, encourages repeat crossing

without penalties. Smugglers now have multiple opportunities to extract
fees from those attempting to cross the border.

With each failed crossing, desperate migrants may turn to more dangerous
methods and be subjected to inhumane treatment by smugglers and other
criminals. According to the International Organization for Migration
,
there were at least 650 migrant deaths documented at the U.S.-Mexico
border last year, the highest number since the organization began
tracking in 2014. Human Rights Watch

identified almost 10,000 reports of violent attacks on migrants blocked
in or expelled to Mexico due to Title 42 since January 2021.

Better solutions are needed to create a more orderly, humane and secure
border. Danilo Zak, Policy & Advocacy Manager for the Forum, details 42
border solutions

that are not Title 42
. These
solutions focus on creating sustainable asylum and border management
processes, addressing the root causes of migration and implementing
practical and needed border security reforms.

Unfortunately, we are likely to continue to hear of tragedies like the
one in San Antonio, as the Biden administration was blocked

from lifting Title 42 in May, keeping the policy in place for the
foreseeable future. Join us in protecting the lives of migrants. Tell
your Senators to support meaningful bipartisan
immigration reform that includes better border policies.

Stay healthy and hopeful,

Nora

**Nora Coyne**
Field and Constituencies Manager
National Immigration Forum 

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