Where there were eight levels of management between field supervisor and company president, there are now just four.

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"Well, I've been in (law enforcement) for over 20 years, and it seems like within the last five to 10 years they have gotten really, really creative in how they bring their drugs across, " said Andy Adame, special operations supervisor for the Joint Field Command Arizona of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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He was legal and had a solid job, as a farm supervisor, but most of the field hands at the farm were undocumented.

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