Citizens Arrested for Secretive Border Scheme Involving Minors

Citizens Arrested for Secretive Border Scheme Involving Minors

Two Americans caught red-handed smuggling Mexican children across our border, further exposing how Biden’s catastrophic border policies have turned child trafficking into a booming business on our southern frontier.

At a Glance

  • Two American women were arrested by Border Patrol after attempting to smuggle unaccompanied Mexican children (ages 10 and 12) into the U.S.
  • The women initially lied about their travel origin before agents discovered the children had fraudulent documents and were unrelated to either suspect
  • The suspects crossed from Mexico through the San Luis Port of Entry with the children and were caught at a checkpoint near Westmorland, California
  • Border Patrol Chief emphasized this case demonstrates “how the trafficking of children starts” in a system that has been “rife with this type of activity”

American Citizens Now Working as Child Smugglers

While our Border Patrol agents are overwhelmed managing the millions of illegal immigrants pouring across our southern border, they managed to stop what could have been yet another tragic case of child trafficking. Two American women—our own citizens—were caught red-handed attempting to smuggle two Mexican children across the border. This brazen criminal act happened at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint near Westmorland, California, where agents stopped a silver SUV with two women in front and two young girls suspiciously asleep in the back. The situation reeks of the kind of child exploitation that has exploded under the Biden administration’s reckless border policies.

The driver’s story collapsed faster than Biden’s approval ratings when questioned by agents. She initially claimed to be traveling from Arizona to California, but when pressed, admitted she had actually crossed from Mexico through the San Luis Port of Entry. This is exactly what happens when you have a border so porous that American citizens think they can just waltz back and forth with random children. The agents, noticing glaring inconsistencies in the driver’s tale, referred the vehicle for secondary inspection where the truth quickly unraveled like a cheap sweater.

Traffickers’ Playbook Exposed

During inspection, agents discovered the documents for the children were fraudulent – a classic move in the child smuggler’s handbook. But what’s truly chilling is what they learned next. The two girls, just 10 and 12 years old, were completely unrelated to either woman and were unaccompanied minors from Mexico. The driver didn’t even know the children’s mother. Let that sink in. Two American women knowingly transported foreign children who weren’t theirs across an international border. If that doesn’t set off every alarm bell about the catastrophic state of our border security, I don’t know what will.

“The vehicle was driven by a woman and another woman was in the front passenger seat. Additionally, two girls were asleep in the rear passenger seats.” – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

This isn’t just about illegal immigration anymore. This is about the systematic exploitation of children that’s flourishing in the shadow of an administration that has all but hung out an “Open for Business” sign at our southern border. Both women have been charged with “8 USC 1324 Alien Smuggling,” and their vehicle was seized as evidence. Of course, their identities weren’t released to the public – heaven forbid we embarrass the criminals who traffic children. Meanwhile, the real victims here are the children who were being used as pawns in what could have been the beginning of a horrific trafficking nightmare.

The Dark Reality of Biden’s Border Crisis

Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino didn’t mince words about what this incident represents: “And this, folks, is how the trafficking of children starts.” He’s absolutely right. While the left wants to paint every border crosser as a poor, desperate soul seeking refuge, the reality is that our border has become a playground for criminals who see children as commodities. Remember when the Democrats shrieked about “kids in cages” under Trump? Where’s their outrage now that children are being drugged, trafficked, and used as tickets into the country by smugglers under Biden’s watch?

“It’s almost unbearable to think about what heinous crimes await children who aren’t with their parents. The border environment has been rife with this type of activity over the past several years, however, the focus has now shifted, and heavy sentences await smugglers who hurt kids.” – Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino

The only silver lining in this dark cloud is that these particular smugglers were caught. But let’s be honest – for every child trafficking attempt that’s thwarted, how many succeed? Our Border Patrol is doing heroic work despite being hamstrung by an administration that seems more concerned with appeasing its radical open-borders base than protecting vulnerable children from exploitation. This isn’t just a policy failure; it’s a moral catastrophe that puts the most innocent among us at risk. Until we secure our border properly and stop incentivizing these criminal enterprises, these appalling stories will continue, and the blood will be on the hands of those who refuse to enforce our immigration laws.

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