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Migrant Hiding in Car Dashboard Shows Smugglers Ramping Up Risks

US border authorities have reported increased risks taken by smugglers and migrants attempting to cross the border, including incidents such as 39 people being evacuated from a tractor trailer in Texas before it caught fire, rescues from overloaded boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, and a Chinese woman found hidden in a vehicle dashboard at the Otay Mesa crossing.

A canine agent with the US Border Patrol searches for drugs and undocumented migrants at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in Texas.

Photographer: Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images

June 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC

US border authorities are turning up signs that smugglers and would-be migrants are taking bigger risks as they step up efforts to evade President Donald Trump’s crackdown.

In foiled border crossings during the last few months, 39 people were evacuated from a tractor trailer in Texas just before it caught on fire. Others were rescued from overloaded boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. In one incident at the busy Otay Mesa crossing on the California-Mexico line, a 31-year-old woman from China was found hidden inside a vehicle dashboard.

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Migrant Hiding in Car Dashboard Shows Smugglers Ramping Up Risks

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