On Sunday, Land Security Director Alejandro Mallorcus apparently accused the victims of fear of an immigrant truck last week, killing 53 people. How dangerous is it to cross the border?
Mallorcus was trying to fight critics who blamed the administration's loose border policy for tragedy.
"We have repeatedly warned people not to embark on dangerous journeys," Mallorcus said inCBS News "Face the Nation."
"In San Antonio, Texas, I tragically saw one of the tragic consequences of that dangerous journey. Many people fall into the hands of exploitative smugglers. You can't even do that. "
He said immigrants traveling from Central and South America to the US-Mexico border received false information from the trafficking cartel before traveling.
"They put their lives and saves in the hands of these exploitative organizations, criminal organizations that don't care about their lives and just try to make a profit. "I am," said Mallorcus.
On Monday, a sultry 18-wheeled vehiclewas found left behind on the side of a secluded road in San Antonio, killing dozens of people. However, the bodies of immigrants were found piled up, and some corpses were also found on the ground nearby.
The truck has working air Conditioning even though there was no temperature reaching 103 degrees.
I was charged against the driver and one of his companions.
Texas Governor Greg Abbotwas one of the first to blame the Byden administration after the tragedy.
"These deaths are in Byden" Abbott is the end of Monday I saw on Twitter. "They are the result of his deadly open-border policy.
" They show the fatal consequences of refusing to enforce the law, " said the Governor of the Republic. I added.
Authorities have crossed the Lared border about 150 miles south of where they were discovered after the truck was "clone" to resemble a legitimate vehicle owned by a local truck company. He said he had crossed.
CBS Margaret Brennan asks smuggler how the truck passed to Mallorcus, USA Said that it has become more sophisticated in the last few decades.
"They have evolved over the last 30 years. … Now they are very sophisticated and very organized using technology. It's a cross-border criminal company, and we're much more sophisticated by using technology and talent 24 hours a day, "he said.
He admitted that smugglers could use "sophisticated means" to carry trucks across national borders , but at the same time the United States technology and We are using personnel to strengthen that effort prevent such efforts.
"But I must say, I have blocked more drugs at the point of entry than ever before. Rescue more immigrants. Really regional and ranged. We have hemispherical challenges and we are addressing them accordingly, "says Mallorcus.
