Trump's immigration policies were supposed to make the border safer. Experts say the opposite is ha
Source: CNN
Updated 3:03 AM ET, Fri July 20, 2018
(CNN)Before US immigration authorities detained him and took his son, the Honduran migrant said he spent three days in the hands of armed men who identified themselves as members of the Gulf Cartel.
Christian, who did not want his full name used, said he was traveling to the US border with his 7-year-old last month when the men stopped a bus full of migrants in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The demanded $300 from each family.
"They told us if we didn't pay that they were going to kill us," recalled Christian, who said he was freed three days later after relatives wired money to his captors.
"There were 30 of us. There was another building next to where we were being held and they said there were even more people there."
President Donald Trump has said that he wants immigration policy that secures the border. But his aggressive policy has instead resulted in organized crime groups preying on droves of desperate asylum seekers who have been turned away by US authorities, according to people familiar with the smuggling operations. ...................................
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Trump could not care less what happens to those attempting asylum!
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