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Mexican cartels are posting doctored images of President Donald Trump online that falsely claim his administration has reopened the southern border, as part of a criminal effort to convince migrants to pay them to get smuggled into the United States, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Since Trump took office and brought illegal border crossings to the lowest levels in more than 50 years, the large majority of migrants seeking to get smuggled into the U.S. have given up.
Cash-starved cartels, which are transnational criminal organizations, recently posted ads across social media platforms, including TikTok, purporting that America’s immigration laws have been suspended due to the government shutdown, according to Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks.
“What we’re seeing is a lot of TikTok accounts, social media accounts, where they are creating, utilizing AI, creating false narratives, in some cases, claiming that the border’s back open, there’s a temporary asylum — ‘Hey, the government’s shut down so the border’s open,” Banks said in an interview with the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.
Images shared with the Washington Examiner by the Border Patrol show screenshots of the ads, including one of Trump waving as if in approval of the message posted on top of the picture.
One ad states that starting on Oct. 1, certain people can apply for a five-year work permit in the U.S. Another ad claims that legal entry to the U.S. is possible for 30,000 people outside the country.
Other posts on social media channels purport that Trump will not deport 600,000 Ecuadorian nationals in the U.S. and that, as of late September, a new law took effect that will be a “great blessing” to migrants.
“They want to counter the factual narrative, which is that the border is closed. If you cross the border, the probability of detection, apprehension, prosecution, and removal are the highest they’ve been in my lifetime. And so it’s impacting their ability to make money,” Banks said.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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