Sen. Rubio introduces bill to crack down on southern border 'coyotes'
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is introducing legislation to make it explicitly illegal for "coyotes" to smuggle immigrants and goods across the U.S. border.
"Any person who transmits money, property, or any item of value through interstate commerce … shall be fined the value of the transmitted money, property, or item of value, imprisoned not more than year, or both," the bill states. Patrick Hauf is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
Coyotes charge upward of $10,000 to smuggle immigrants across the southern border depending on where their country of origin and method of transportation is. The charges have made for a booming business for coyotes as border encounters have hit all-time highs during the Biden administration. The total number of encounters is nearing 5 million, according to U.S. Custom and Border Protection data.