U.S. announces arrests in border crackdown on human smuggling


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Jul 2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have made almost 200 arrests and seized more than $625,000 (£366,177) in illicit profits in a month-long crackdown on human smuggling in response to an influx of illegal immigration into Texas, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the campaign underscored the government's pledge that U.S. borders were not open to illegal immigration "and that if you enter the United States illegally, we will send you back".

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