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| Smugglers embedding criminals with families to cross border, Texas troopers say |
| 2021-03-23 |
| [WashingtonExaminer] Human traffickers are sneaking hardened criminals across the U.S.-Mexico border by embedding them with families, according to Texas troopers. A Texas Department of Public Safety officer deployed to the border recently pulled over an adult man and a 14-year-old girl in Starr County and discovered the man was a fugitive wanted by law enforcement for sexual assault. Both had just come over the border illegally. The girl was not related to him, and it's likely they were paired up to cross the border together. "That kind of thing is being ignored right now by the media. They’re focused on families and children, but there's more to it," the DPS spokesman told the Washington Examiner. In February, the Border Patrol encountered nearly 100,000 people who illegally attempted to cross into the United States from Mexico, including nearly 10,000 children without parents and 20,000 families. The concern for federal and state authorities is that the same smugglers pushing people across are using single children as props for adults because it may increase their chances of being released into the U.S. rather than being returned to Mexico. Sixty percent of families encountered last month were not returned to Mexico, according to federal data. Related: U.S.-Mexico border: 2021-03-18 CBS Reports DHS Has Detained 13,000+ Unaccompanied Kids at the Border, Calls It a 'Crisis' U.S.-Mexico border: 2021-03-17 CBS Reports DHS Has Detained 13,000+ Unaccompanied Kids at the Border, Calls It a 'Crisis' U.S.-Mexico border: 2021-03-14 FEMA deployed to help process migrant children amid overcrowding in border facilities |
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