More than 90 people found inside SW Houston home

[Baz]

Developing story

[pwd72s]

It's okay. I'm sure they were all vaccinated, wearing masks, and social distancing.

[dafischer]

And legally in the US.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

It's okay. I'm sure they were all vaccinated, wearing masks, and social distancing.

Originally Posted by dafischer

And legally in the US.

This is a case that's being investigated as human smuggling.

I'm guessing you guys didn't watch the video.

[pwd72s]

I watched until the spanish speaker took over. You don't know that green font denotes sarcasm here?

[dafischer]

No, I saw it on tonight's news. This is what happens when a country basically lays out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants, and more people fork over their life savings to be brought here.
I was being sarcastic.

[pwd72s]

Worry not. Our (most popular ever) President said everything is under control.

[unclebilly]

91 people, 5 of which are female, all over 21 years old...

There is more to this story.

Cult?

I wonder if they are migrants...

[Baz]

Supposedly smuggling....not trafficking.

Not sure what the difference is if it's humans they are smuggling.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Baz

Supposedly smuggling....not trafficking.

Not sure what the difference is if it's humans they are smuggling.

In my opinion. Smuggling is when the individuals pay money to get over the border. Trafficking is when they're sneaked in as slaves/maids/prostitutes.

[Fast Freddy 944]

Non Texans are always shocked, in Texas its just another day...

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by Baz

Supposedly smuggling....not trafficking.

Not sure what the difference is if it's humans they are smuggling.

Smuggling is bringing them in. Trafficking is using them as sex workers or unpaid labor.

[Arizona_928]

Common in az too....

Cartels making some coin

[red-beard]

$6000 per. And that is not a fee, but a toll. That gets you dumped across the border.

@100,000 per month, that is 600 million dollars. In a year, almost $8B.

And those are only the ones caught.

And the real use is to distract border patrol for the drug smuggling. Can't stop the drugs when you are saving drowning or people dying of thirst.

[red-beard]

This is Ed Gonzales. He is sherif of Harris County Texas which includes Houston. He will be the next head of CBP if confirmed. This occurred in his jurisdiction.

[mattdavis11]

What is Art doing these days? Ossifervedo? He has to be behind some of this, that sorry sack of...

[red-beard]

Avacado? He moved to Miami

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by red-beard

$6000 per. And that is not a fee, but a toll. That gets you dumped across the border.

@100,000 per month, that is 600 million dollars. In a year, almost $8B.

And those are only the ones caught.

And the real use is to distract border patrol for the drug smuggling. Can't stop the drugs when you are saving drowning or people dying of thirst.

When I worked on the border in AZ, the coyotes would get people physically across the border, then about 5 miles in, then they would strap a 40 pound rucksack on them, hand them a gallon of stale water, and say "walk at night towards the fires, sleep during the day, leave the packs at camp and walk to the city, they'll save you". The fires were small campsites that the drug smugglers would set, then leave, we could see 6, 8 of them on any give night from the mountain. The mules dropped the 40 pound sacks (full of drugs) at the campsites, then walk towards the nearest city light. Tucson was still 40 miles away, some really strong people could pull that off...but sometimes the Phoenix metro region looked brighter...it was 140 miles away. No one made that trip.

[group911@aol.co]

And under which governor? They didn't drop in Houston from the sky.

Originally Posted by red-beard

This is Ed Gonzales. He is sherif of Harris County Texas which includes Houston. He will be the next head of CBP if confirmed. This occurred in his jurisdiction.

[red-beard]

Abbot is not being put up to head Customs and Border Patrol.