Border Patrol agents arrested several illegal migrants with serious criminal convictions over the weekend, including a migrant with a murder conviction and six who are felony child sex offenders.
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Chief Jason Owens posted on X Monday that agents in Ysleta and Fort Hancock in Texas arrested "two dangerous criminals."
One of the migrants had a conviction for homicide while the other had convictions for manslaughter, shooting with intent to kill, and robbery.
One of the migrants had a conviction for homicide while the other had convictions for manslaughter, shooting with intent to kill, and robbery. (U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens )
Owens posted pictures of the two men who are heavily tattooed.
It is unclear where they are from, although one of the migrants, who is a skinhead, has a tattoo reading "Mexican" on the back of his left arm.
In another post on X on Monday, Owens wrote that USBP agents along the southwestern border apprehended six migrants with felony sex convictions.
Owens wrote that their criminal histories include statutory rape of a minor, aggravated sex assault of a child, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under 14, as well as abusive sexual conduct.
Tattoos on the apprehended migrants. (U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens )
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Owens did not say where the sex criminals were from but posted a photo of at least two of them being arrested.
The apprehensions followed other significant arrests at the border last week.
Owens announced that a man wanted for homicide was caught along with a migrant who is a convicted pedophile. Owens also said that more than 160 illegal immigrants with gang affiliations have been so far this year.
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"These gangs (Paisas, MS-13, etc.) are involved w/murder, extortion, narcotics, weapons/human trafficking & prostitution," Owens wrote on X.
"This is a threat to our safety and why we need agents patrolling the border."
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing a second impeachment vote Tuesday over his handling of the border.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report for fiscal 2023 shows that the number of illegal immigrants on the non-detained docket has soared from 3.7 million in FY 2021 to nearly 4.8 million in FY 2022 to nearly 6.2 million in FY 2023.