Marc X. Carlos of Marc Carlos Law, ACP was quoted several times in an NBC News San Diego story titled, ‘Chinese Migrants Pay Higher Fee to be Smuggled Into U.S.’
The photos are jaw-dropping; hands peeking out of a washing machine, another person squirreled inside furniture.
They’re from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bust at the San Ysidro Port of Entry last weekend in which federal agents found 11 Chinese nationals hiding inside furniture and appliances packed in a moving truck.
As hard as it is to imagine contorting your body to hide inside a washing machine, what’s really incredible is how much human smugglers are getting paid to move people across the border.
Criminal defense attorney Marc Carlos said Chinese migrants are paying human traffickers significantly more to cross the border.
“I’ve been doing this a long time,” Carlos said. “And I have not seen the prices that high for crossing the border.”
Carlos said prices of smuggling Chinese migrants have skyrocketed, with average payments ranging from $40,000 to $60,000.
