An American citizen is facing years in prison for helping smuggle illegal aliens across the Canadian border into the U.S. hours before President Trump was sworn back into office.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) just announced the details of a case against Stacy Taylor, a 43-year-old resident of Plattsburgh, New York.
During the early hours of January 20, 2025, U.S. Border Patrol stopped a suspicious vehicle driven by Taylor near Churubusco, New York.
Inside the car were four male illegal aliens — three Indians and a Canadian citizen.
After examining Taylor’s cell phone, agents discovered she had been provided with coordinates where she would find the men after they crossed the international boundary on foot.
Taylor told authorities she had been promised payment to transport the men deeper into the U.S. interior.
“Additional review of Taylor’s phone revealed text messages that indicated that she had been involved in multiple other human smuggling events in the days prior,” the DOJ explained in a press release.
“Following her January 2025 arrest, she was subsequently stopped in a suspected alien smuggling venture in August 2025 and was again implicated in alien smuggling in September 2025.”
On Tuesday, Taylor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in alien smuggling and four counts of alien smuggling for profit.
She is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 3 and faces a statutory minimum of five years in prison.
