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Unaccompanied Children (UC)

Unaccompanied Child found, family reunification initiated in the RGV

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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encountered an unaccompanied two-year-old child within a group of migrants illegally present in the United States near Roma, Texas. Recently, RGC agents encountered a group of migrants walking in the brush west of Roma, Texas. As agents conducted immigration inspections on all members of the group, they noticed that the adults were distancing themselves from a small child. No one in the group claimed knowledge or having a familial relationship with the child. The child's clothing had telephone numbers and names written

RGC Agents Encountered Two Large Groups and Seized Marijuana Over the Weekend

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encountered two large groups near La Grulla and disrupted a marijuana smuggling event with the assistance of Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers. On November 6 and 7, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encountered two large groups totaling 283 migrants at the same location in Starr County. The groups were comprised of 44 family members, 58 unaccompanied children, and 181 single adults. The migrants were from Jamaica, and various Central and South American countries. On November 5, a RGC camera

Unaccompanied Siblings Abandoned at Border

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LA GRULLA, Texas – Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encountered noncitizen unaccompanied (NUC) minor siblings with their U.S. point of contact written on their shirts. On September 20, at approximately 6:30 a.m., RGC agents encountered a group of 18 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala, and Cuba near La Grulla. Within the group were eight NUCs, to include two brothers, aged two and six, from Guatemala. The siblings had their names and contact information of their U.S. contact written with a marker on their t-shirts. The migrants were medically screened by a Border Patrol

Unaccompanied Child Imposters Identified in El Paso

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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the El Paso Sector recently identified 10 adults posing as unaccompanied minors while in custody. Three adults posing as minors were discovered by agents at the El Paso Sector Central Processing Center while attempting to use counterfeit documentation. These individuals were from Guatemala and include a 21-year-old female, a 22-year-old female and a 22-year-old male. The three were part of a group of 13 migrants encountered by agents of El Paso Station on August 16. The three were encountered, along with nine unaccompanied children from Guatemala

El Paso Stash House Busts Rescue More Migrants

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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Sector U.S. Border Patrol Agents discovered more stash houses this week. On August 8, the Border Patrol Ysleta Station Anti-Smuggling Unit along with their counterparts at the Clint Station ASU, discovered a human smuggling stash house near North Loop Dr. and North Carolina Dr. Working in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations, agents encountered 11 migrants, five from Guatemala, four from Mexico, two from El Salvador. An additional individual, from Mexico, was apprehended in this event and will be facing prosecution for harboring migrants under 8 USC 1324

Technology Supports RGV Agents

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) agents disrupt two smuggling attempts and encounter three large groups. On April 29, Falfurrias Border Patrol Station (FLF) camera operators observed a suspicious vehicle pulling a stock trailer across private property and notified agents in the area. Agents responded to the area and discovered a section of the privately owned fence, located near the highway, torn down and the truck and stock trailer were gone. Moments later, FLF agents working near Premont encountered the truck and stock trailer and attempted to initiate an immigration

Unaccompanied Toddler Abandoned at Border in Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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ROMA, Texas – Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encounter an unaccompanied two-year-old boy near the Rio Grande. RGC agents working near Roma encountered a two-year-old Noncitizen Unaccompanied Child (NUC) at 1:30 am on April 19, 2022. The boy, a Honduran national, who had lost his shoe in the mud while crossing, was traveling within a group of 38 individuals. Agents questioned the group to obtain any information on the boy, however no one claimed to know the child. Agents discovered a birth certificate on the boy with the father’s information handwritten on the back. The

Four-Year-Old Encountered During Marijuana Smuggling Event

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted nine migrant smuggling events resulting in more than 400 arrests and seized marijuana bundles valued in excess of $93,000 USD. Just after midnight on April 12, RGV agents and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers observed a group of approximately 15 subjects walking away from the Rio Grande near Roma. Some were carrying large bundles suspected of being marijuana. Agents observed multiple people load into a Ford Expedition in an area commonly used to pick up migrants and narcotics. As agents approached

Title 42 CBP-2020-074326

CDC guidance as it pertains to UAC and statistics pertaining to UAC not admitted and those placed into removal proceedings due to expulsion under the CDC interim final rule.

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents See Rise in Unaccompanied Children

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DEl RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector encountered more than 160 unaccompanied migrant children from Feb. 4-11. This fiscal year, between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021, the Del Rio Sector has already encountered 2,280 unaccompanied juveniles, compared to only 1,305 during the same time last year. On Feb. 7, Eagle Pass Station agents encountered a five-year-old Guatemalan girl walking along Texas Loop 480 near Eagle Pass. When interviewed, the child informed agents that she crossed the Rio Grande by herself. On Feb. 9, Del Rio Station agents encountered four