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Bill D. Hicks: “The Uber driver, for example, is not going to get prosecuted…”

Featuring: Bill D. Hicks, Republican | El Paso County District Attorney | Texas

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EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT INTERVIEWS EL PASO DISTRICT ATTORNEY BILL HICKS, 3/6/24

Published | Video Starts at 50:22

… know that the person is in the country illegally, that you're hiding or secreting the person or providing transportation for a person who's in the country illegally. So it's not. The Uber driver, for example, is not going to get prosecuted for picking someone up at point A and taking them to point B. And lo and behold, it turns out out the person was in the country illegally. That's not going to happen under the statutes that are being. That's being enforced. Right. (50:22–50:29)

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Asserts that Uber drivers won't be prosecuted under the smuggling statute for unknowingly transporting illegal immigrants.

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