Texas human smuggling: Senate Bill 4 goes into effect, raises stiffer penalties
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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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.