Grupo Beta Relief Agency Accused of Facilitating Illegal Migration to U.S. Warren Mass - The New American
go to original August 1, 2016

Grupo Beta, an agency of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration to render humanitarian aid to migrants in transit through Mexico, is not supposed to assist those migrants in reaching the U.S. border. But some on the U.S. side of the border have accused the Mexican agency of doing exactly that.

Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, was quoted by Fox News as saying. “I’ve seen so much crazy stuff out here. Grupo Beta was formed with good intention, but there have been members of the organization caught smuggling.”

Moran blames Grupo Beta’s weakness in dealing with illegal migrants on the fact that the Mexican government disarmed them and stripped them of arrest powers.

“They lost whatever backing they had so now they have no incentive to contact law enforcement if they come across smugglers because of how powerful the cartels are,” Moran told Fox News. He said that he sympathizes with Grupo Beta’s agents who fear to get involved in enforcing migration violations when they have no means to defend themselves against violent lawbreakers.

Grupo Beta spokesman Luis Carlos Cano said that his organization will provide medical care to anyone who needs it, and will not refuse to render aid to an individual who is a trafficker of either drugs or humans. Neither will they report such criminals to Mexican authorities.

“We provide the assistance and warn them, but then allow them to be on their way,” Cano told Fox News. “We don’t ask questions or judge; we just provide care.”

Read the rest at The New American

Related: Startling New Trends in Illegal Immigration (American Free Press)

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