Texas officers stopped a U-Haul in a border county and discovered illegal immigrants in the back of the van.
After an investigation that resulted in the discovery of three undocumented immigrants inside the van, the driver, Belinda Spurgeon, was arrested.A Texas DPS trooper found three illegal immigrants hiding in the back of a U-Haul van stopped for a traffic violation.
In video footage taken by the Texas DPS trooper, Spurgeon said she did not know the three people the back of the van.She also told the trooper the three guys told her they needed a ride because their car broke down, which she agreed to. Spurgeon later admitted to smuggling the immigrants from Canton, Texas, to Austin for $16,000, according to Texas DPS.
Operation Lone Star was launched as a border security initiative in response to a surge in illegal border crossings through Texas, along with President Biden’s immigration policies.Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott started the joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas National Guard.
Since it began, there have been 308,700 migrant apprehensions and more than 20,200 criminal arrests, according to the state of Texas.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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