AUSTIN – Amid growing evidence that young women and girls in Mexico are being lured into lives of prostitution in the United States, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday proposed increasing the penalties for human trafficking in Texas.
Perry said if re-elected he will ask the Legislature next year to create a new penalty for human trafficking that includes sentences of 25 years to life. The punishment would be for someone convicted of at least two incidents of human trafficking that occur at least 31 days apart.
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Human trafficking most often involves the sex trade, with gangs trapping women in lives of prostitution.
Perry’s proposal would be directed at gang members who run the prostitution rings rather than the clients.
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In addition to those brought in for prostitution, some of the individuals are brought in for hard labor in construction and agriculture. Many of the traffickers are believed to be in transnational gangs.
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