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Henry Cuellar: “What they're doing now is they're probably making more money…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

Henry Cuellar urges colleagues to visit border 'Haven't seen numbers like this'

Published October 9, 2022 | Video Starts at 02:15

Every part of the border is different because the criminal organizations they control right across the river where I'm at, they control where the people are stand. And it's important to know that, you know, What they're doing now is they're probably making more money passing people than passing drugs. And they're looking at smuggling. Smuggling is a voluntary coming across. Now they're changing it to trafficking. (02:15–02:21)

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Asserts that criminal organizations are likely making more money from human smuggling than drug trafficking.

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