Human Smuggling a Profitable Business at Immigrants’ Cost May 11, 2021 Migrant families, mostly from Central American countries, wade through shallow waters after being delivered by smugglers on small inflatable rafts on U.S. soil in Roma, Texas, March 24, 2021. Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:36 0:00 Pop-out player Ronald Garcia is a 39-year-old Guatemalan man who recently entered the United States illegally. He is currently at Casa Alitas, a shelter for immigrants in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he told about his border crossing. Garcia said he paid smugglers $20,000 to get him across the border. He said he had to sell all he owned to come to the U.S.