Human smugglers openly boast on social media how easy it is to sneak into the United States — as frustrated Border Patrol agents stand by, unable to stop them under a toothless President Biden, video obtained by The Post shows.
The confrontational clip, posted on YouTube and sent to The Post from a Border Patrol source, shows a long line of migrant men casually climbing through a gap in the US-Mexico border wall — smiling and thumbs-up at the camera as they cross themselves with no one in the way or question them.
A caption in Spanish accompanying the video read: “Achieving their goals, gentlemen” followed by two prayer emojis.
Bright green text superimposed on the clip also inadvertently describes the illegal crossing as a “desert adventure.”
The footage was shot on May 27 near Lukeville, Arizona, a remote outpost about 2.5 hours from Tucson — which has become the busiest point of illegal entry into the country, with 1,300 people a day crossing into the US in this area, according to the federation. statistics.
Various social media channels showcased the smugglers and their “adventures” at the border, as they say.
Border Patrol agents say smugglers made the video to promote how easy it is to cross the US-Mexico border.
It’s “free information for everyone,” said an agent who declined to be named.
Meanwhile, The Post witnessed a smuggler bravely escorting about a dozen illegal immigrants through an open gate at the border wall near Lukeville on Thursday.
Migrants directed by smugglers into this country.DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT
The cartel runner even stopped to record the illegal crossing on his phone, the photos show — possibly using it later as advertising on social media to encourage more potential migrants to seek help to get to the US.
It’s a lucrative business for the cartels, with migrants paying anywhere between $200 and $6,000 a head, officials said.
Smugglers in the Arizona area are also organized – giving paying customers GPS coordinates that help them reach the remote Lukeville outpost, according to border sources.
Smugglers are taking advantage of 114 open gates in Arizona’s border wall to bring paying immigrants into the country.DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT
The continued flow of illegal crossings comes as The Post revealed that US officials have inexplicably welded 114 large, open gates along the Arizona border to allow water to flow freely during the annual monsoon season, which typically runs from June to September.
However, the open floodgates have allowed an influx of asylum seekers, with cartels seizing the opportunity for easy access.
“It’s not even raining. It makes no sense to leave them open,” an angry official told The Post.
A migrant smuggler, seen on the right side of the image, directs illegal immigrants into the country.Daniel William McKnight
Last month, 42,561 immigrants were encountered in the Border Patrol sector of Tucson, including Lukeville, according to federal statistics — a massive jump from 27,294 encounters in June.
“I think they chose this location because we are understaffed,” said a Border Patrol source.
“We can’t cover every hole in a shift, especially now. I’m sure the cartels said, ‘Send them over [migrants] here. We will take their money. We will include them in any case.
On this side of the border, immigrants turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents, not run away from them.Daniel William McKnight
“When they [migrants] come in, they will call their family members in their home country and say, ‘You have to come. Go to this place.’”
Border Patrol agents have blamed President Biden and his lax border policies.
“Everything has changed since then [President Biden] take over. This part of the border wall was built four years ago. Now, we’re just letting people through,” one agent recently complained to The Post about the surge at the Arizona border.
The gates are open along 36 miles of Arizona’s border with Mexico, giving immigrants and smugglers plenty of opportunities to get in. Daniel William McKnight
“They are [the migrants] commit a federal crime, we prosecute them, they are not convicted. They are not sent back. They got credible fear interviews, they got [asylum] court date a year from now.”
Once immigrants set foot on American soil in Arizona, they don’t try to avoid federal immigration agents.
Instead, they seek out agents so they can surrender to them in hopes of claiming asylum and being allowed to stay in the country until a court decides their case — a process that can take years.
So easy, even a child can do it. Immigrant minors usually cross through open doors in Arizona.Daniel William McKnight
“90% of what we get is this,” said one agent, referring to immigrants who have turned themselves in. “This is what’s driving the growth in this area right now.”
This is despite President Biden insisting that anyone present at the border needs an appointment made through the CBP One App.
“What you’re seeing is a lot of big groups that want to turn themselves in,” Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America previously told The Post.
“Tucson has also traditionally been a place for smugglers to concentrate Mexican and Central American citizens who do not want to be detected. Now they see 100 people at a time who are not fleeing, people who have families, who despite the Biden asylum rule, are trying to turn themselves in for asylum. They have bracelets.”
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