‘I Don’t Even Have A Cent’: Smugglers That Got Rich Off Border Crisis Going Dead Broke
1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026
Smugglers living along key migration routes thrived off the U.S. border crisis, but are now left with next to no income after illegal migrants have largely given up trying to reach the southern border under the Trump…
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