U.S. busts illegal immigrant plot that exploited Canada's "lax visitor visa"
Prosecutors alleged the network exploited Canada’s “lax visitor visa policy” to smuggle illegal immigrants from Canada into the United States.
A Mexican illegal immigrant living in the United States has admitted to helping run a large-scale human smuggling network that moved migrants from Canada into the U.S. through the northern border, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Prosecutors alleged the network exploited Canada’s “lax visitor visa policy” to move migrants into the country before attempting to bring them illegally into the United States.
“The defendant was a leader of an alien smuggling organization that smuggled hundreds of aliens into the United States during the prior administrations unprecedented open border policy. The defendant has ties to Canada and Mexico, but he coordinated many of the smuggling events while he was also illegally living in the United States,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III.
“This defendant exploited Canada’s lax visitor visa policy and used Canada as a waypoint for unvetted aliens travelling from Mexico looking for a way into the United States.”
