U.S. Launches Operation Targeting Migrant-Smuggling Gangs

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

April 28, 2021

The Biden administration has launched a multi-agency operation targeting human smuggling organizations, part of its ongoing response to a recent influx in migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Operation Sentinel,” a joint mission by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), State Department and Department of Justice, will target criminal gang members.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined plans Tuesday to curb human smuggling operations by revoking travel documents, suspending trade entities and freezing bank accounts and financial assets tied to criminal networks.

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