Mexican cartels that the Trump administration has designated as foreign terrorist organizations are likely to use Democrats‘ widespread wins in the midterm elections as a way to lure migrants into paying to get into the United States, according to federal law enforcement.

The blue wave seen across Senate, House, gubernatorial, and state races nationwide Tuesday gives cartels, who are in the billion-dollar business of smuggling people and goods, new tools to hook unknowing migrants who believe the U.S.-Mexico border may be more “open” to an extent than it has been since President Donald Trump took office.

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