SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The acting deputy chief of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Robert B. Dominguez, said people who cross the border illegally could now face terrorism charges, especially those who hire a smuggler.

Those caught crossing the border illegally are typically charged with illegal entry, and in parts of the border that have been designated at National Defense Areas, illegal border crossers can also be charged with trespassing on military property.

However, the Trump administration in February formally designated eight Latin American crime organizations, which control human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border, as “foreign terrorist organizations." So, Dominguez said, if a person used a smuggler to cross the border without proper documentation or between ports of

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