This particular provision would apply the RICO statute to aliun smuggling crimes. This means that when a criminal act Involves the trafficking of human beings. the Department of Justice can use the full scope of the law to prosecute the smugglers by allowing higher fines. longer prison sentences. and seizing the assets of the organized enterprises committing these crimes. not just individuals. In the past couple of years we have heard about boatloads of Chinese immigrants being brought to the United States under horrifying conditionsweeks with no clean water. minimal food. and unsanitary conditions beyond imagination. The gangs responsible for smuggling these people into the United States then force them into slave labor. working 12- to 14hour days. 7 days a week in gruesome conditions just to pay off the $30.000 to $40.000 debt they incurred. These horrible abuses at the hands of people willing to profit from the trade of human beings must be stopped.
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