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New state law increasing sentences for human smuggling takes effect

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

Jesus Vasquez, originally from Honduras, lights candles at a makeshift memorial to the 53 people who died after being left in a truck trailer in a human smuggling operation, on June 30, 2022 outside San Antonio.


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