1.   They smuggled immigrants across the border.

2.   Among those arrested was a lawyer for an immigration firm who is accused of working with a Chinese gang to smuggle immigrants.

3.   A burgeoning business has sprung up among Chinese criminals to smuggle immigrants into the United States.

4.   Clinton and Zedillo also agreed to intensify efforts to combat illegal immigration, including cracking down on organized rings that smuggle undocumented immigrants across the U.S. border.

5.   Criminal complaints say the owners illegally smuggled immigrants, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Chartash.

6.   Federal prosecutors said their evidence indicates the case might be much more than smuggling illegal immigrants across the border.

7.   He has been charged with smuggling immigrants, smuggling for financial gain and smuggling which resulted in death.

8.   He was charged by Border Patrol with smuggling illegal immigrants.

9.   Rodriguez Torres was charged with smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States, transporting them and concealing them from the authorities.

10.   The commissioner of immigration, Doris Meissner, described the indictments as a significant blow to the multibillion-dollar business of smuggling illegal immigrants.