Texas Couple Sentenced for Smuggling More Than 100 Illegal Immigrants

A Texas couple was sentenced to federal prison on Dec. 2 for their involvement in aiding the transportation of scores of illegal immigrants.

The U.S. military installs concertina wire on the existing levee wall behind Granjeno, Hidalgo County, Texas, just north of the U.S.–Mexico border on Nov. 7, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

A Texas couple were sentenced to federal prison on Dec. 2 for their involvement in aiding the transportation of scores of illegal immigrants into the United States, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The Houston couple, 32-year-old Kevin Kerr and 30-year-old Brianna Branch, were sentenced to 85 months and 70 months in federal prison, respectively, after they pleaded guilty in August to transporting more than 100 illegal immigrants past Border Patrol checkpoints in south Texas over a period of three months this year.