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02-18-2003, 11:02 AM
<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:black'>Phyllis Schlafly
February 18, 2003
Stemming the tide of illegal drugs and aliens
Smuggling illegal drugs into the United States has been a big moneymaking scheme for years, but the industry of smuggling people may be getting even more profitable than marijuana or cocaine. Fees range from $1,000 for Mexicans to $4,000 for Central Americans and up to $50,000 for Chinese or Middle Easterners.
The eighteen-wheeler is the smuggler's vehicle of choice. A loaded eighteen-wheeler can be worth $100,000 to $200,000. The business deal calls for a down payment before the ride starts. After crossing the border, the smugglers often hold the aliens until family or friends pay a ransom.
In one of the largest operations, smugglers were indicted for bringing in at least 11 tractor-trailer loads of aliens between 1999 and 2002, receiving about $1,500 for each alien. Drugs, prostitutes and money were used to entice drivers into using their eighteen-wheelers to haul human cargo.
Their last trip was deadly. The illegal aliens were loaded into the trailer with little water and no food and, in the intense heat, many suffered hallucinations and lost consciousness. Two died.
Where is any media or public outrage over this murder by an illegal alien on U.S. territory? (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/ps20030218.shtml)</span></span>
February 18, 2003
Stemming the tide of illegal drugs and aliens
Smuggling illegal drugs into the United States has been a big moneymaking scheme for years, but the industry of smuggling people may be getting even more profitable than marijuana or cocaine. Fees range from $1,000 for Mexicans to $4,000 for Central Americans and up to $50,000 for Chinese or Middle Easterners.
The eighteen-wheeler is the smuggler's vehicle of choice. A loaded eighteen-wheeler can be worth $100,000 to $200,000. The business deal calls for a down payment before the ride starts. After crossing the border, the smugglers often hold the aliens until family or friends pay a ransom.
In one of the largest operations, smugglers were indicted for bringing in at least 11 tractor-trailer loads of aliens between 1999 and 2002, receiving about $1,500 for each alien. Drugs, prostitutes and money were used to entice drivers into using their eighteen-wheelers to haul human cargo.
Their last trip was deadly. The illegal aliens were loaded into the trailer with little water and no food and, in the intense heat, many suffered hallucinations and lost consciousness. Two died.
Where is any media or public outrage over this murder by an illegal alien on U.S. territory? (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/ps20030218.shtml)</span></span>