They had less customers due to CBP One.
This juiced price and volume for the coyotes. You can find articles touching on this from Nov 6 through last week.
As for hurting the U.S.? No. Part of abiding by our laws includes honoring those pertaining to asylees and refugees.
Deeming folks who aren't illegals as illegals and treating them as other or less than is unChristian and unAmerican. That's part of Petro's bitch with us.
If we want to change our laws let's do it. Not by executive fiat. And not by depriving others of their basic human dignity