And I’m assuming it works almost every time.
Via NRO:
Texas congressman Henry Cuellar (D.) says illegal immigrants traveling from Central America “rent” children to gain access to the United States. “I was talking to somebody that worked for Border Patrol, and he said that in the late 80s there were a lot of kids from El Salvador coming in and what they were doing is they had a ‘rent-a-kid’ program.” Cuellar told 1080 KRLD. “In other words they said, ‘Oh if I come in and I have a kid with me they’ll let me go.’” Cuellar said a Border Patrol agent went on to say, “Henry, I’m seeing this again, I cannot believe it.”
Smugglers along the southern border have been known to accept fees in order to provide secure passage for illegal-immigrant children, but Cuellar’s comments suggest a growing trend of people paying families to use their children as a shield to enter the United States.
HT: FRA