Is Knoxville on the human smuggling superhighway

Is Knoxville on the human smuggling superhighway: "traffic stop on I-40 in Roane County Wednesday led lawmen to a human smuggling operation.
The practice is so common on East Tennessee interstates, the area has become known as the human smuggling superhighway.
'This is the main travel corridor for those two sections of the country and it comes right through Knoxville,' said Lt. Don Baird of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Federal agents arrested the driver of a stolen passenger van, Juan Hernandez. But inside the van, 18 illegal aliens, including a juvenile, bound for New York.
'All over the country we're having instances like this that pop up from time to time,' said I.C.E. spokesman Temple Black.
11 of the illegals are being held in Alabama, five agreed to leave the country, and the juvenile was taken to Chicago. Hernandez remains locked up in Roane County.
'Ice is one of the primary federal agencies responsible for combatting human trafficking,' according to Black.
I-75 runs from South Florida to the Canadian border, while I-40 runs from North Carolina's coast to California.
Given the high volume of human smuggling, cops in East Tennessee now have red flags to look for.
'If you've got a 15 passenger van and you've got 25 people in it you might want to look a little further,' said Baird.
As for the 18 arrested Wednesday, I.C.E. says they're backgrounds were thoroughly checked.
'All the records were checked, they were photographed, they were fingerprinted, all the databases were searched and there were no warrants outstanding,' said Black"