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Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have addressed the issue following the regular session of the Legislature, saying Senate Bill 1278 went too far to grant immunity to victims of trafficking for committing potentially violent crimes.
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Today on Texas Matters—In 2022, 53 migrants were found dead in the back of a trailer. New details about that deadly journey are emerging. Also—David Leonard Wood is being called the 'Desert Killer.' Now he is facing execution. But there are questions about his guilt.
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It’s a problem in Texas that few want to talk about— the sex trafficking of young men and boys. A first-ever statewide public campaign "Boys and Young Men are Sex Trafficked Too" is being launched to raise awareness of male victims of sex trafficking. The nonprofits Ranch Hand Rescue and Bob’s House of Hope report that up to 50% of sex-trafficked youth are boys.
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Professor Jenny Clark of South Texas College said smuggling operations have gotten much more sophisticated.
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When it comes to human trafficking, victims and perpetrators haven’t always been clearly defined within the United States’ legal history.Annie Isabel…
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Sex traffickers are drawn to vulnerable kids. Young victims are often homeless or runaways, have previously been abused or neglected, or who have at some…
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Two of San Antonio's busiest highways, I-35 and I-10, are major thoroughfares for illegal transport, including the trafficking of men, women and children…
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From Texas Standard: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn was in Dallas Tuesday for a roundtable discussion on a new federal law targeting human traffickers and...
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There are more than 300,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas, including almost 80,000 minors and youth victims, according to a study by the Institute…
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There are more than 300,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas including, almost 80,000 minors and youth victims, according to a study by the Institute…