Gov. Greg Abbott calls for five-year mandatory sentence for human smugglers

The governor said he's 'getting damn tired of Texas residents smuggling people into our country illegally.'

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference with nine other governors regarding the southern border at Anzalduas Park in Mission on Oct. 6, 2021.Greg Abbott“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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