Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill easing prosecution of human smuggling suspects
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that broadens the scope of who can be charged with human smuggling, while raising the stakes for offenses covered under the previous law.
"This all makes it easier to arrest and to prosecute human smugglers. This law also increases criminal penalties for human smuggling, especially when payment is involved in that process," Abbott said at a Wednesday news conference.
The new law amends a previous statute by making it a third-degree felony to help or direct more than one person "to enter or remain on agricultural land without the effective consent of the owner." It also bumps smuggling a person "for pecuniary benefit" up from a third-degree felony to second degree. This raises the maximum jail time for the offense from 10 years to 20.
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