Trump Victory Leads to Higher Migrant Border Crossing Fees by Mexican Cartels

Human smugglers in Mexico raised their rates to cross migrants across the border into the United States as the task of even reaching the southwest border becomes more difficult. Among the number of reasons for that and the causes cited for the rise in smuggling fees is the outcome of the recent presidential election.

Sources in Mexico cite a Trump victory and the anticipated shutting down of the border to migrant crossings as a primary reason for the increase.

{snip} A report by Excelsior, one of Mexico City’s oldest newspapers, cited the information relayed to the staff that the basic cost for being guided across the border has risen from $5,000 to a minimum of $10,000 due to the difficulty of crossing the border and the recent election of Donald Trump as president.

The staff of the shelter on the Mexican side of the border across from Arizona told Excelsior they received the information from African, Asian, and Central American migrants hoping to cross the border. {snip}

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A source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed Breitbart Texas that most Chinese migrants encountered at the border are military-age males who report paying up to $55,000 each to be smuggled from China to the United States.

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