{"id":24364,"date":"2021-04-05T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24364"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:15:23","slug":"smugglers-use-facebook-lure-migrants-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/04\/05\/smugglers-use-facebook-lure-migrants-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How Are Migrants Learning to Take Advantage of Biden\u2019s Immigration Policies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Migrants are learning to take advantage of President Biden\u2019s immigration policies via social media platforms, according to a new analysis from NBC News<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nplatforms like Facebook, human smugglers are advertising their services with\nposts reading in Spanish: “Travel to Mexico to the United States. Costs\n$8,000. 100 percent safe, \u201cCross through Matamoros. You walk one hour, after in\nautomobile until you arrive to your relative.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the analysis, Facebook pages titled “Migrants from Various Countries in\nMexico” and “Migrants in the Mexico-U.S.A. Border Awaiting Hearing\u201d\nmade multiple advertising posts a day and received comments from migrants who\nasked for quotes, contact information, and destinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nrecent years, the use of social media has proliferated among human smugglers\nand migrants due to the ability of these platforms to communicate within\nseconds and being able to connect random users together from all parts of the\nworld.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk\nradio, which was once seen as the dominant method of communication and\ncoordination for migration in Central and South America, has seen a significant\ndecline in these regions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Department has recently revealed<\/a> that “data shows mobile is the dominant source of media consumption in the region,” and digital ads placed on Facebook and Instagram have reached more than 26 million people since Inauguration Day.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, according to Chad Wolf<\/a>, the former acting head of the Department of Homeland Security under President Trump, \u201cNone of the illegal migrants who were interviewed by [Customs and Border Protection] or [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] said the [radio]ads we ran were a critical factor in them making the trip or not.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this information, the Biden White House still ran thousands<\/a> of radio ads in Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in Spanish, Portuguese, and six indigenous languages in hopes that it could set the record straight about the southern border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social\nmedia has become vital for the human smuggling industry and has likely\ncontributed to the significant increases in border apprehensions under the\nBiden administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

March\u2019s monthly apprehensions are the largest<\/a> for a month in 15 years and are close to an 80,000 increase from February\u2019s totals. More than 18,000 unaccompanied minors were apprehended in March\u2014a 99 percent increase from February. And more than 53,000 family units were apprehended\u2014a 175 percent increase from February. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Migrants are learning to take advantage of President Biden\u2019s immigration policies via social media platforms, according to a new analysis from NBC News. On platforms like Facebook, human smugglers are advertising their services with posts reading in Spanish: “Travel to Mexico to the United States. Costs $8,000. 100 percent safe, \u201cCross through Matamoros. You walk<\/p>\n

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