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Newly released video footage shows an unaccompanied toddler crossing into the United States to join her parents who are already in the country as concerns about illegal immigration continue to loom large in the minds of Americans.
Lt. Chris Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety shared video footage on X Sunday documenting an encounter employees of his agency had with a 2-year-old girl they encountered in the border county of Maverick County. Olivarez summarized the interaction between law enforcement officials and the girl, who communicated in Spanish, in a caption accompanying the video.
“An unaccompanied 2-year-old child from El Salvador explains she arrived in the U.S. by herself and that her parents are in the U.S. The child had a piece of paper with a phone number and name,” he explained. “This is a stark example of the precarious journey these children make from their home country and how criminal organizations traffic these children across the southern border and further into the interior.”
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Lt. Chris Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety shared video footage on X Sunday documenting an encounter employees of his agency had with a 2-year-old girl they encountered in the border county of Maverick County. Olivarez summarized the interaction between law enforcement officials and the girl, who communicated in Spanish, in a caption accompanying the video.
“An unaccompanied 2-year-old child from El Salvador explains she arrived in the U.S. by herself and that her parents are in the U.S. The child had a piece of paper with a phone number and name,” he explained. “This is a stark example of the precarious journey these children make from their home country and how criminal organizations traffic these children across the southern border and further into the interior.”
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Shocking video shows 2-year-old girl alone at border as illegal immigration concerns persist
Newly released video footage shows an unaccompanied toddler crossing into the United States to join her parents who are already in the country as concerns about illegal immigration continue to loom