Border Patrol agents in Texas discovered a stash house where smugglers were holding over 100 undocumented immigrants, officials said Friday.
Video from the scene shows authorities taking the individuals into custody and what the CBP described as the"inhumane" conditions in which these individuals are kept. The interior of the house appeared bare and disorderly, with bedding and blankets spread across the floors.
The more than 100 undocumented individuals were identified as nationals of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador and Nicaragua, officials said. They were not wearing personal protective equipment and were all medically screened. CBP said that the COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed down human smuggling and the storing of large groups of people inside the so-called stash houses."Stash house incidents such as this pose a threat not only to the people exploited by human smuggling but also to the people and safety of our Nation," the agency said.
The operation was the latest in officials' efforts to shut down human smuggling and stash houses in Texas.that 182 undocumented individuals were arrested from three stash houses that officials found within a 2-hour span. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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