Laredo, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry during a 24-hour period
on America’s birthday detected nine separate alleged violations of immigration
law, including entry with legitimate documents belonging to other people, use
of altered entry documents and an alleged attempt to bring in a nine-year-old
Mexican national girl with another child’s document.
One of the more notable cases developed
when a bus passenger applied for admission to the U.S. at Lincoln-Juarez Bridge
on July 4, 2012. The passenger applied for entry as a U.S. citizen and
presented a U.S. passport. A CBP officer referred the passenger to secondary
for further inspection. Further review determined that the passport was
allegedly altered and the passenger was a 43-year-old male Mexican citizen with
no documents to enter or reside in the U.S. CBP officers processed the man for
alleged violations of federal immigration law.
In another notable case, CBP officers at
Gateway to the Americas Bridge referred a 31-year-old male Mexican citizen
pedestrian to secondary examination after he presented a U.S. passport for a
minor female traveling with him. CBP officers conducted further review and
discovered that the U.S. Passport belongs to another child and the nine
year-old girl is a Mexican citizen with no legal documents to enter or reside
in the U.S. CBP officers processed the 31-year-old man for alleged violations
of federal immigration law. The child was turned over to the care of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Refugee Resettlement
(HHS-ORR).
In a third notable case, CBP officers at
the same bridge processed a 45-year-old Mexican citizen for alleged violations
of immigration law after he applied for entry but claimed to have lost his
resident alien card. Further review by CBP officers determined that the man had
been previously removed in 2003 after completing a four-year prison sentence
for assault.
“Our frontline CBP officers remained
focused and detected nine separate alleged violations of immigration law on the
Fourth of July,” said Sidney Aki, CBP Port Director, Laredo. “Their continued
dedication to the CBP mission helps uphold the laws that keep our nation strong
and our citizens and our borders safe and secure.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is
the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged
with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and
between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and
terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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