Sputnik International
By Kirill Kurevlev
January 7, 2022
There were 488 convicted sexual offenders among the migrants crossing the border in Fiscal Year 2021, up from 156 in Fiscal Year 2020 and 58 in Fiscal Year 2019, according to the data. There have been at least 64 sex-related convicted criminals among migrants so far in FY2022, which began in October.
Two gang members and a migrant with a child sex offense conviction were apprehended by Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector as part of different groups of migrants entering the US, the government agency reported.