President Biden’s administration announces new operation to crack down on human smuggling.
April 29, 2021
On Tuesday, April 29th, the Biden administration announced an operation that has as an objective the disrupting transnational criminal organizations. This includes human smugglers that have facilitated the illegal crossings of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. This operation will be conducted by a few federal agencies, CBP and ICE, the DHS investigations, the State Department, and the FBI. The United States will also have the support of some foreign partners including Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries. In the year 2021, the agency has rescued 4,766 migrants from smugglers along the southern border.