A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested a woman last week for human smuggling after two illegal immigrants were found inside of her sedan.
Badillo also told the trooper that once she got beyond the checkpoint, she was planning to meet another driver, who was going to drive the two women to Corpus Christi, Texas.into the U.S., where some of the women are forced into debt bondage and work off the debt through forced labor and sex trafficking.
Texas DPS also said Badillo is a member of LUPE, an organization founded by labor rights activist César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. LUPE, according to the organization’s website, aims to build stronger and healthier communities through civic engagement. Some of their objectives include fighting deportation and providing English classes.of people and the two illegal immigrants were referred to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Busts continue daily since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March 2021 in response to the rise illegal immigration. In May 2022, he issued a disaster declaration that covers 48 counties, most of which are along or near the border, which directed DPS to"use available resources to enforce all applicable federal and state laws to prevent the criminal activity along the border, including criminal trespassing, smuggling and human trafficking….
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