Reborn in America: I Have an Equipment Slot

"Are you two also here on business?"

Two strangers walked over with wine glasses, approached Walter and Owen, and asked them questions.

"A business trip?" Walter laughed. "We're both locals."

"A local? What?" a middle-aged man wearing a mask exclaimed in surprise.

"I thought all Miami locals were drunkards who hung out with four or five Cuban beauties at clubs, just throwing money around..."

"That's a very one-sided understanding of Miami, sir. Not everyone in this city is like that," Walter said with a swig of whiskey.

The two masked middle-aged men chuckled awkwardly. "Sorry, sir, it seems we were indeed a bit one-sided."

"It's alright, but I really rarely see out-of-towners vacationing in Miami here." Little Walter looked the other person up and down.

People who say such mindless things generally wouldn't be allowed in here, unless these two people have powerful connections and were introduced by a member.

"Most people vacationing in Miami stay at clubs in South Beach," Walter Jr. probed. "Where are you two from?"

"Washington," the middle-aged man said truthfully without hiding anything, "Haven't the Florida Immigration Bureau had some issues lately?"

"The two of us are just there to clean up the mess..."

After they finished speaking, they both gave each other a knowing look.

"No wonder, I was wondering why you two looked down on this place, turns out you're big shots from Washington." Little Walter immediately looked surprised and reached out to greet the other person.

As Irving watched Walter chatting enthusiastically with the other person, the image of the nighttime news he had seen on TV flashed through his mind, and he realized what was happening.

Since these two are from Washington and are responsible for cleaning up the messes for the immigration authorities?

It goes without saying that it must be a big shot from the Federation.

As a smart man who had worked his way up from the bottom in the workplace for many years, Walter quickly became friends with the other person.

These two people who traveled from Washington to Miami on business were indeed important figures from the federal government.

Two days ago, in order to deport an illegal immigrant, the Immigration Agency made an unauthorized arrest without notifying the local Miami police.

During the incident, immigration officials shot and killed two innocent civilians who tried to stop them.

After the incident was reported in the news, it immediately caused an uproar among locals in Miami.

No one expected the immigration agency to be so arrogant.

The incident quickly gained traction through social media, with massive protests taking place across Miami over the past two days, chanting "Immigration Service out of Florida!"

To be honest, Irving didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing at first.

After all, protests and demonstrations are a very common occurrence in the United States.

Despite the official population of over 3.3 million in the United States, there are over 4 million guns in the country.

But in reality, unlike people in other countries, most American citizens are just talking big; they say they're marching and protesting, but they really are just marching and protesting.

As for guns—nobody dared to use them.

Once the protests and demonstrations are over, they're over.

At best, it will only put some pressure on the state government through public opinion.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a name like "North American Coward".

From Walter's casual conversation with the two, Irving learned some news that stirred something within him.

That is, the United States is about to introduce a bill specifically targeting "illegal immigrants," which will increase the penalties for these "illegal immigrants" who have come to the United States illegally. Once discovered, they will be deported immediately!

This immediately gave Irving a business opportunity.

Unlike those American politicians who make decisions on a whim and act on a whim.

As a recently "legalized" undocumented immigrant, Irving knows all too well the number of undocumented immigrants.

While this bill is unlikely to eliminate these illegal immigrants, it will certainly create panic among the illegal immigrant community!

If he could get in touch with the Miami immigration authorities through Luna's connections, he could use his "legal status" as a pretext to make a fortune off illegal immigrants!

It goes without saying that there are very few of these "legal status" slots.

And it's likely that it won't be cheap either.

But just like the empty promises made by the boss when you're working, as long as you have this "gimmick," you can definitely attract a group of unsafe illegal immigrants.

By then, no matter what you do, you'll have a large group of underlings helping you.

Upon realizing this, Irving was momentarily stunned.

Holy crap, no wonder there are still so many gangs in America even in the 21st century.

Is this how gang leaders operate?

Just as Irving was deep in thought, considering the feasibility of establishing his own power base in Miami, he received another piece of news from the two men that could make money!

Right now, not far from Miami, a large tobacco ship from the Bahamas is operating at full capacity, producing new types of cigarettes containing "marijuana" day and night.

This tobacco processing vessel is a large tobacco factory converted from an old cruise ship. It operates on the high seas, producing and selling products as they are made, and has recently attracted many smugglers.

Because the ship is anchored in international waters, it can completely avoid a bunch of troublesome things such as ship berthing fees, taxes, and customs procedures, and openly produce and sell tobacco leaves.

What's troubling the Miami Customs Service is that the ship's actions were completely legal.

They couldn't find any violations, so they could only arrest scattered smuggling boats.

As the two masked men described how the Miami Customs and Excise Department had asked them for help, Irving suddenly remembered a news article he had seen online that described the rise of many wealthy Americans.

Many wealthy people started by exploiting legal loopholes to accumulate their first fortune.

For example, the tobacco tycoons in the United States initially came up with the idea of ​​producing cigarettes on the high seas near the United States in order to seize the market, expand production capacity, and increase sales.

They then used smuggling to flood other countries in the Americas with their tobacco, seizing market share and eventually gaining a monopoly.

Of course, these things happened decades ago, when many countries in the Americas expressed their dissatisfaction and protests to the United States, but the governments brushed them off with various excuses such as no illegality, goods being produced on the high seas, and lack of jurisdiction.

Now, decades later, the situation has reversed.

Someone is using the same method to dump tobacco leaves into the United States.

This made Irving feel somewhat emotional.

Surprisingly, over the past few decades, the United States has not only failed to progress, but has actually regressed in many aspects.