Uzbekistan's Labor Migration Agency said on December 21 that 119 Uzbek nationals who had illegally entered the United States, mostly via Mexico, had been flown back to Tashkent. In a video the agency placed on Telegram, one of those expelled said he paid $5,000 to individuals who had arranged a Mexican-U.S. border crossing for him in September. In October, Fox News TV said more than 13,600 Uzbeks had illegally entered the United States since 2021. In August, Washington said a network attempting to smuggle people from Uzbekistan into the United States had been stopped. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, click here.
Group Of Uzbeks Who Illegally Entered U.S. Sent Back To Uzbekistan
U.S. soldiers watch migrants waiting on the U.S. side of the border to be allowed to go to a CBP processing center in El Paso, Texas.