On Thursday's “NBC Nightly News,” Gay Bougutierrez, senior White House correspondent for NBC News, reported on his conversations with a Mexican human smuggler. day. “
Gutierrez said: “The illegal border crossings have dropped dramatically after the US tightened asylum restrictions in the last part of the Biden administration. They have fallen by another 35% since Trump was re-elected. December to January. Trump's border emperor said it has declined to 229 a day from a peak of 11,000 a day during President Biden's term. Marcos is a coyote and a human smuggler from southern Mexico, and is a face. He hides his last name. The troops won't make a difference, he says, it's stupid, but he admits that Trump's stricter border policies have plummeted his business by about 80% since his inauguration date. There is.
Gutierrez also said Marcos told him that he might need to raise prices.
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