Illegals Encouraged By What They Saw on CNN

One of our researchers, during an annual border tour, once asked a Guatemalan woman near the Mexico-US border why she was crossing.

"I saw people doing it on CNN," she told him.

Potential migrants (and smugglers) track US domestic politics closely, and react accordingly. https://t.co/9P0xoJpYqs

— Center for Immigration Studies (@CIS_org) October 14, 2018