The group of migrant women with three young kids in tow slowly trudged their way into the US across a shallow stretch of the Rio Grande led by a one-armed coyote smuggler, braving a treacherous route and fleeing cartel checkpoints along the way.
They put it all on the line because they knew the Trump administration — and its no-nonsense new border czar — would soon be in charge at the border.
“It’s a risk,” one of the women from Venezuela told The Post moments after slipping into the country and into the waiting arms of Border Patrol agents.
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