My guess that they will get less time than if they had been transporting cigs from a neighboring state.
No, these are Criminals Lite...
Just getting into the smuggling biz...
Ciggy smuggling is for big time operators...
LOL
My guess is that your guess is right. Transporting cigs cheats the government out of tax revenue. Transporting illegal aliens merely cheats the taxpaying and law-abiding middle class.