Female Smugglers Set Free as Border Town Lacks Jail Space for Women

Female Smugglers Set Free as Border Town Lacks Jail Space for Women
A Kinney County sheriff’s deputy arrests a woman for smuggling an illegal alien from the U.S.–Mexico border, through Kinney County, Texas, on Sept. 10, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Women who are caught smuggling illegal aliens through Texas’s Kinney County are essentially being given a long-term get-out-of jail-free card since the county jail can’t house women.

And many of those caught smuggling know that.

Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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