human smuggling

Social media and direct messaging apps, like WhatsApp, have become a major asset in the lucrative business of human smuggling.

A committee on Tuesday declined to advance a House bill that would increase penalties for smuggling and operating a stash house. The move comes as both chambers are already at an impasse over property-tax relief.

Authorities found two migrants dead near Knippa last week. A Honduran national admitted to being the guide that led nearly a dozen people onto the train.

Professor Jenny Clark of South Texas College said smuggling operations have gotten much more sophisticated.

Abbott is making his pitch ahead of the upcoming legislative session.

A joint task force on Thursday announced 19 arrests and four indictments in connection with the border smuggling death of a Guatemalan woman in Odessa, Texas, last year.

Of the 53 people who died in an apparent human smuggling case, 22 are now being publicly identified by Bexar County officials.

A memorial to the 53 people who died from being trapped in a tractor trailer in south San Antonio is growing.

Fifty-one migrants died after being trapped in a tractor-trailer in Texas. NPR's A Martinez talks to Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio about the survivors.

The San Antonio City Council approved a $300,000 settlement on Thursday to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a 2017 human smuggling incident.