DOJ: Human smuggling operation uses Austin 'stash houses' to harbor migrants

AUSTIN (KXAN) — According to indictment records, a human smuggling organization used drivers to pick up migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border and often harbored them at “stash houses” in Austin and another Texas city.“The human smuggling organization allegedly used methods to transport migrants that placed their lives in danger as they were frequently held in contained spaces with little ventilation, no temperature control and in conditions that placed them at great risk,&