Whisked

Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media

As word of the entry point spreads, travel agencies and paid influencers have taken to TikTok to promote the trip, selling packages of flights that leave from Mauritania, then connect through Turkey, Colombia and El Salvador, and wind up in Managua, Nicaragua. From there, the migrants, along with asylum seekers from other nations, are whisked north by bus with the help of smugglers.…

The trip can cost $8,000 to $10,000, a hefty sum that some families manage by selling land or livestock.

I'm not opposed to immigration or, certainly, granting people asylum when it's appropriate. 

It just seems we should figure out some better way to do it than requiring people to put up $10 grand to get whisked.