The number of illegal sex offenders detained at the US border increased 5 times over the year

This fiscal year, Border Patrol agents arrested 353 illegal sex offenders. This is 542% more than before. Many detainees had previously been convicted of sex offenses involving minors. Writes about it The Epoch Times.

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In all of fiscal year 2020, agents apprehended 55 of these offenders, and in fiscal year 2019, 58.

The number of criminals illegally crossing the southwest border has risen sharply this year, along with an increase in the number of other illegal immigrants. Convicted felons are the group of illegal immigrants most trying to avoid capture by the Border Patrol.

According to the newly appointed acting chief of the border guard Raul Ortiz, the border patrol has discovered more than 250 illegal aliens who have escaped arrest so far this year. It is impossible to estimate how many people eluded the border patrol without being detected.

“There's not a day that goes by that I don't read a newspaper or a report from my agents that talks about illegal alien criminals, sex offenders that they've caught,” Ortiz said. “These people are not allowed back into society.” They go to jail. When they get out of prison, they go back to their country.”

According to reports from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), many of the criminals caught have already been deported, sometimes several times.

On June 24, agents in Rio Grande City, Texas, arrested sex offenders Benito Gomez-Lopez from Mexico. According to the CBP, Gomez-Lopez was arrested in May 2020 by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in North Dakota for possession of illegal substances and advertising pornography involving minors.

He pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to three years in prison, but was repatriated to Mexico in July 2020.

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On June 14, according to the CBP, a border patrol arrested a Peruvian child rapist after he illegally entered the United States near Roma, Texas. Pedro Asuncion Ore Quispe, 43, was deported in 2020 after serving more than five years for child rape in Idaho.

On June 20, Mexican citizen Isidro Efrain Gallardo-Rangel was detained as part of a group of 24 illegal immigrants near Laredo, Texas. According to the CBP, Gallardo-Rangel is a sex offender with an extensive criminal record and a 2018 Dallas, TX conviction for child lewd behavior.

Del Rio sector

Once a relatively calm region for illegal border crossings, the Del Rio sector in Texas is now the second busiest after the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas.

“We have seen tremendous growth. So far this fiscal year, we have caught 144 people in the Del Rio sector,” said sector chief Austin Skero. “We've been through this before—we've seen this growth, these surges. But in the last 000 or 30 years it has never been this bad. I’ll be honest, I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Skero said there has been a 1400% increase in the sector in the number of sex offenders arrested by border patrol agents.

A Del Rio resident said that until January he sometimes saw two illegal immigrants pass through his yard.

Now, he said, it's hundreds a day.

“I have four daughters—it bothers me when you say there’s been a 1400% increase in sex offenders,” he said. “I'm worried about lonely men sneaking around my backyard.” And I only have 50% confidence that the agent will come if I report them. And when they come, it’s good, they bring support. Otherwise, I'm sitting there unarmed with a guy in my backyard yelling at me in Spanish. I don't know what to do with this guy."

A local resident asked the border guards if they could provide any training for citizens to prepare them for such clashes.

Skero suggested that residents not come into contact with illegal immigrants on their territory and call the border patrol.

“We will come as soon as we can. Sometimes it happens immediately, sometimes it can take us an hour,” Skero noted.

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But, according to him, if an illegal immigrant endangers the family of a resident or commits attacks, you need to call the rescue service.

Authorities response

At the direction of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began building up additional law enforcement resources near the border starting in March.

For three months from March 4 to June 3, the traffic police detained 1489 criminals.

In addition, state troops were involved in the pursuit of 340 vehicles along the border and assisted 630 vehicles. When a law enforcement vehicle stops, illegal immigrants flee to avoid arrest.

On June 10, Abbott issued a statement of state of emergency that highlighted 34 border counties that are fighting cross-border crime and illegal immigration.

"We're going to start making arrests, sending a message to anyone who's thinking about coming here: You don't get a pass, you're going to jail," Abbott said.

Last week, a prison ward in Dilly, Texas, was cleared in preparation for placing illegal criminals there.

Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducy have also appealed to other governors for help.

“With your help, we can apprehend more criminals not only at the state but also at the federal level before they create problems in your state,” Abbott and Ducey wrote in the letter.

To date, several Republican governors have pledged their support by sending law enforcement officials or National Guard troops.

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