Titis Is part of a childsmuggling ring that entices children from Portugal to come to America. The children are promised an education. tht parents are promised money. and neither promise is kept. Six months before. a smuggler had flown to Lisbon to pick up Pedro and Amora. They were two of two dozen children that he had brought. to the United States. This was possible because Portugal had become a visa waiver country and only a passport was now required to enter the United States. While many countries require passports to have tle photos of children. Portugal (loes ntot. lecause of iLhis and the ease with which Portuguese passports can be counterfeited.