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Justice Department Expands Crackdown on Human Smuggling at Northern Border
Joint Task Force Alpha, expanded to cover northern and maritime borders, has secured over 410 arrests and 355 convictions since 2021 to combat human smuggling linked to cartels.
- The Justice Department will expand Joint Task Force Alpha to cover the U.S. northern border with Canada and all maritime borders to combat human smuggling.
- A Canadian-American citizen was arrested in New York for charging $1,000 to smuggle undocumented immigrants over the St. Lawrence River between the U.S. and Canada.
- The same cartels operating along the southern border that were designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration are increasing their efforts in New York and Vermont.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced new measures to combat crime on the U.S.-Canada border. The Trump Administration will expand the existing payroll to end trafficking and human trafficking networks.Read more]]>
The U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the expansion of the Alpha Joint Task Force (JTFA) – dedicated to fighting human trafficking on the borders of Mexico and Canada – to include for the first time the entire northern border line and the coasts of the country.From Tampa, Florida, where she presented the results of the dismantling of a gang that was smuggling Cubans to the United States – at $40,000 per person – Bondi said that, in co…
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Bondi says human smuggling across the border with Canada is getting worse
TAMPA — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday human smuggling across the border with Canada is getting worse — and that traffickers are looking north following the Trump administration's crackdown at the border with Mexico.
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