A post submitted by CGI member, Morgan...

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https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2020/09/surge-in-illegal-immigrants-smuggled-into-u-s-packed-in-commercial-tractor-trailers-3545200.html

The frontline Homeland Security agency says two Texas border crossings that are typically hot spots for tractor-trailers loaded with migrants have seen a 37% increase this fiscal year. The sectors, Rio Grande Valley and Laredo, have intercepted more than 226 tractor-trailer cases through August with 3,740 illegal immigrants packed in “dangerous and life threating conditions.” Federal authorities estimate that travel restrictions designed to stop the spread of COVID-19 have made commercial tractor-trailers the “conveyance of choice to smuggle large numbers of people into the United States.” Smugglers usually charge each person between $6,000 and $12,000 to make the life-threatening journey in a jam-packed trailer, according to the Border Patrol. “Smugglers are unscrupulous criminals and will stop at nothing to enrich their pockets, even if it involves locking human beings in trailers intended for animals,” said Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark A. Morgan. “They treat illegal aliens as a commodity, inhumanely holding them captive in overcrowded stash houses with limited access to food and water.”

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6 to 12 grand? Uh, I don't have that kind of money. How and where do they get it? Borrow from all their relatives?

If everyone knew the truth about this place, would they still want to come here? Stories like this make me wanna explode. I don't agree with illegal immigration, but I've also had illegal immigrant friends, so where do I stand?!

AAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://twitter.com/pettycommajared/status/819358907927666689/photo/1

('Cathy' acks too, but I identify more with Bill the Cat. I prefer role models who leave footprints in history. Like Bill was lead tongue player for heavy medal band, 'Deathtongue', and who can forget Billy and the Boingers?)