Gov. Greg Abbott is making his pitch ahead of the upcoming legislative session.
said he will seek a mandatory minimum sentence of at least five years in prison for human smuggling.
"I’m getting damn tired of Texas residents smuggling people into our country illegally," Abbott wrote in a. "I will be seeking a mandatory minimum of at least five years in prison for anyone caught committing this crime." Abbott made his remark Sunday in response to another tweet that said the Starr County district attorney fired his crime victims coordinator after she was arrested in connection to an alleged smuggling scheme, according to a
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