Human Smuggling

Fayette County deputies stopped a truck on I-10 and found 12 migrants hidden inside fake hay bales, part of a human smuggling operation out of Houston.

Human smuggling and illegal immigration have become increasingly pressing issues along the Texas border, and an election hot topic.

The depiction of human smuggling in works of fiction with the design to entertain audiences as a version of escape from everyday life is one of the reasons people are still so shocked to discover it is literally happening in your own neighborhood.

The woman in the video has been identified as Lidia Elizabeth Badillo, a Mexican National who was living in Texas. Badillo wasn't alone, however.

A man who was charged in connection with the deaths of 53 people found in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio was arrested in Palestine on Tuesday.

21 people being smuggled to Georgia from Guatemala were found packed into an SUV during a recent traffic stop in Texas.