El Paso Sector Border Patrol Raided 281 Human Smuggling Stash Houses In 2023

 El Paso Sector Border Patrol raided 281 human smuggling stash houses in 2023.

According to the El Paso Sector Border Patrol, agents raided more than 280 human smuggling stash houses during Fiscal Year 2023.

El Paso Sector Border Patrol officials reported that agents disrupted the operation of at least 281 human smuggling stash house operations during FY 2023, which ended on Sept. 30.

The El Paso Sector area of responsibility encompasses the far western portion of Texas and the New Mexico border with Mexico.

The bill, which is sponsored by State Senators Pete Flores, Bob Hall and Phil King, would subject the operators of a human smuggling stash house to a third-degree felony with a minimum sentence of 10 years in state prison.

During Fiscal Year 2023, the El Paso Sector led the U.S. in the apprehension of migrants crossing the border from Mexico.

El Paso Sector agents caught more than 426,000 migrants, which is more than 20 percent of all migrants arrested along the southwest border with Mexico, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports.

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