Sex Offender Busted Trying To Sponsor Juvenile Migrant Who Crossed Rio Grande Into US

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 27, 2021

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents busted a registered sex offender from California who was trying to sponsor a 16-year-old migrant teenager who walked from the Rio Grande illegally into the United States.

“RGV Sector agents are tirelessly working to ensure unaccompanied children are not harmed and sent with individuals in our communities who seek to prey on children,” said Chief Brian Hastings, RGV Sector Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent.

The U.S. Office Of Refugee Resettlement has policies and procedures in place to ensure the care and safety of unaccompanied minors who are apprehended in America without immigration status or a parent or legal guardian. These policies require their timely release only to qualified parents, guardians, relatives or other adults, referred to as “sponsors.” The refugee office has created an expedited release process for children who have parents willing to care for them in the U.S. It has also paid for the travel costs of minors and their sponsors to facilitate their reunification, and allowed case managers to fill out application forms for potential sponsors.

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