Biden Urges Combating Human Smuggling After Dozens of Migrants Found Dead in Texas

© AFP 2023 / JORDAN VONDERHAARIn this aerial view, members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. According to reports, at least 46 people, who are believed migrant workers from Mexico, were found dead in an abandoned tractor trailer.
In this aerial view, members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. According to reports, at least 46 people, who are believed migrant workers from Mexico, were found dead in an abandoned tractor trailer. - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.06.2022
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged combating criminal human smuggling rings after the bodies of dozens of dead migrants were found in a tractor-trailer in Texas.
US media reported that at least 50 illegal immigrants died after they were abandoned inside a tractor-trailer near the city of San Antonio under sweltering heat.
"This incident underscores the need to go after the multi-billion dollar criminal smuggling industry preying on migrants and leading to far too many innocent deaths," Biden said.
The US president also said the US government will intensify its efforts in the months ahead to crack down on human smuggling.
Numerous critics of the Biden administration have pointed out that the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States since Biden assumed office in January 2021 has reached record high and well exceeds 2 million.
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