The region in northeastern Afghanistan held by the Northern Alliance has but one choice: rely on smugglers to take their donkeys across the front lines, load them up and sneak back.
She is expected Wednesday to vote on one last bill, a measure she co-authored to impose tougher penalties on smugglers who use small, low-flying aircraft to avoid radar detection and bring drugs across the Mexican border.
"But there were too many checks" on smugglers.
The discovery has intensified international pressure on Thailand to crack down on smugglers.
Deportation, she said, will destroy her family completely, since China imposes lengthy prison sentences on smugglers.
But officials in Afghanistan have been slower to crack down on smugglers.
Leads on smugglers are received from U.S. customs agents all ove the world and amateur informers as well.
Terry Goddard, the Arizona attorney general, hailed the agreement as a "groundbreaking" step toward cracking down on smugglers and the money that keeps them in business.
Some European countries have erected fences to keep out those who continue to arrive on Greek and Italian shores after risky sea voyages on smugglers' boats.
