The bill aims to 'crack down on the bad actors' in human smuggling, but advocates worry that someone could be charged for simply taking family to the doctor or racially profiled.
A proposed bill in Texas aims to crack down on human smuggling, but some worry the language in the bill is not specific enough.People who frequently interact with members of the undocumented community worry they could be unfairly targeted under a new bill making its way through the Texas special session.would enhance penalties from two to 10 years for human smuggling and the operation of a stash house.
Sen. Paul Bettencourt is one of the bill's co-authors. He told ABC13 that the proposed law intends to create harsher penalties for the most severe human smuggling cases. Staff with the ACLU of Texas said they're also concerned SB4 could put Texans at a greater risk of being racially profiled by local police, fuel mass incarceration, and subject communities of color to harassment.
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