As the record-breaking Fiscal Year 2022 for migrant apprehensions along the southwest border ended last week, a subset of those with criminal convictions also rose significantly compared to prior years.
arrests by Border Patrol agents of migrants with prior criminal convictions
In most cases, the source says access by the Border Patrol to databases in the more than 150 home countries of migrants crossing the border is non-existent. The source says the increase in encounters of migrants with some of the most violent offenses in their background is staggering. In the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, nine migrants listed as registered sex offenders were arrested crossing in September. These arrests will add to 323 migrants in 2022 with prior criminal histories involving sexual offenses. The nine migrants arrested in Tucson Sector had convictions in Washington, Iowa, Missouri, California, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C.
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