Heather du Plessis-Allan DriveDan Mitchinson: US Correspondent on VIP packages offered by Mexican Cartels to smuggle people into the U.S.
US President Joe Biden recently unveiled a halt to asylum-processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a certain threshold.
About 4,000 people already are entering the U.S. each day.
Biden has received Republican criticism over an unprecedented surge in new arrivals in an election year.
US Correspondent Dan Mitchinson told Heather du Plessis-Allan the cartels are offering ‘VIP packages’ for trafficking illegal immigrants across the border.
He said “Experts say the return on investment for trafficking humans has overtaken drugs.”
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