On May 7, 2019, Guiza-Reyes was
observed by U.S. Border Patrol wading across the Rio Grande River
from Mexico into the U.S. near Hidalgo, Texas, carrying an infant
child.
Amilcar Guiza-Reyes, a 51-year old
citizen and national of Honduras, who was previously deported in
2013, made an initial appearance in federal court in the Southern
District of Texas May 10, charged with 8 USC 1324 alien smuggling for
allegedly smuggling a 6-month-old infant across the U.S.-Mexico
border.
He initially claimed to the U.S. Border
Patrol agents that the infant was his son. However, after presenting
a fraudulent Honduran birth certificate at the Central Processing
Center in McAllen, Texas, he was referred to HSI special agents for
interview and further investigation. He later admitted to the HSI
special agents that he obtained the child’s fraudulent document to
show him as the father and that he intended to use the child to
further his unlawful entry in to the U.S.
So were is the
outrage? No marching in the street , No media attention here. Don't
hear Democrats, Leftist or anyone else yelling about this like they
did about children in cages. This just proves that all that yelling
was just to make people mad at President Trump - who by the way had
noting to do with children in cages, Obama was the one who had set up
the cage process but nobody care back then either.
This is what HSI
is doing under the Trump administration -
Cases like this one have led HSI to
step up investigations into similar cases of fraud involving
children. In recent months, HSI has deployed 130 personnel to the
border, including special agents, forensic interview specialists,
document examiners and victim assistance specialists, in an effort to
combat this phenomenon.
Last week, HSI conducted a brief DNA
testing pilot as an additional investigative tool in this endeavor.
HSI is still assessing the results of the pilot, but the technology
has already been used to identify cases of fraudulent families and
has served as a deterrent.
Between mid-April and May 10, HSI
special agents interviewed 562 family units who presented indicia of
fraud. Of those interviewed, 95 fraudulent families were identified.
More than 176 fraudulent documents or claims have also been
uncovered.
“Our goals remain twofold: One, to
protect children from being smuggled across the border by ensuring
they are with their parents and not being used as pawns by
individuals attempting to exploit immigration loopholes,” said HSI
Acting Executive Associate Director Alysa Erichs. “And two, to
identify and stop the criminal organizations that are generating
false documents and supporting child smuggling.” “Cases like this
demonstrate the real danger that exists to children in this
disturbing new trend, and while we have seen egregious cases of
smugglers renting and recycling children, this case involving a
six-month-old infant is a new low – and an unprecedented level of
child endangerment.”
The adults involved in this fraud will
be presented to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for federal
prosecution for family fraud related crimes including: immigration
crime, identity and benefit fraud, alien smuggling, human trafficking
and child exploitation.
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