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Senate Bill 4 went into effect on Tuesday, increasing the standard prison time for human smuggling in Texas from two years to 10 years.

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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Senate Bill 4, passed during the third special session of the Texas Legislature, went into effect Tuesday, Feb. 6. According to the Texas Legislature’s website, the bill aims to make human smuggling a third-degree felony with a 10-year minimum prison sentence. The smuggling sentence could be reduced to five years […]

A state law that would increase the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for people convicted of smuggling immigrants or operating a stash house was set to go

Border leaders, advocates, and activists based in El Paso will host a press event on the impacts of SB4.

Senate Bill 4 bumps the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for human smuggling or operating a stash house.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso border leaders, advocates and activists will be hosting a press conference on Tuesday morning, Feb. 6, as Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) will be going into effect the same day, according to a press release from the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR). The press conference will be […]

A group of Borderland leaders, activists, and advocates gathered Tuesday morning at Tom Lea Upper Park to discuss Texas' Senate Bill 4.

Senate Bill 4 bumps the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for human smuggling or operating a stash house.

Senate Bill 4 bumps the minimum sentence from two years to 10 years for human smuggling or operating a stash house.