Rising car thefts evade border security in the US.

Car thefts in the US have reached their highest level since 2008, with over one million cars stolen in 2022. Thousands of these stolen vehicles are being smuggled out of the country, in some cases in broad daylight, right past US Customs and Border Protection officials at the country's biggest ports of entry. Last year, license plate readers installed at checkpoints in California, Arizona, and Texas recorded 2,829 stolen vehicles driven into Mexico, but only 144 stolen cars were seized on their way into Mexico that same year.