A 2-year-old migrant girl picked up at the US border clutching a piece of paper with her name and phone number scrawled on it told police she was there to find her parents, a tragic video has revealed.
The child from El Salvador, wearing a bright pink jacket, was one of more than 200 illegal immigrants – 60 unaccompanied minors – who were detained after crossing the border into Maverick County, Texas, on Sunday. authorities announced that he was among the victims.
The Texas Department of Public Safety released footage of the girl answering numerous questions and admitting to police that she was traveling alone.
When the police officer asked where the child was going, the child was filmed saying, “With mom and dad.”
When asked where her parents were, she answered, “The United States.”
The toddler was seen showing off a small yellow piece of paper with a name and number written on it, authorities said.
Lt. Gov. Chris Olivarez said, “This is an important demonstration of the dangerous journey children make from their home countries and how criminal organizations traffic children across the southern border and further into the interior. “This is a clear example of what is going on,” he said in a post to X.
“Regardless of political views, it is unacceptable for children to be exposed to dangerous criminal trafficking networks.”
In another video, police filmed dozens of underage migrants waiting in line, forgetting their ages and hometowns.
So too have more than 529,000 migrant children entered the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to the latest Customs and Border Protection data.
Meanwhile, a shocking report released in August revealed that the Biden-Harris administration had failed to track down more than 320,000 migrant children who crossed the border without their parents.
Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s Border Patrol agent, has already vowed to crack down on illegal border crossings and is scheduled to inspect the border with Texas Governor Greg Abbott later this week.
Homan, who served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the Trump administration’s first term, announced last week that the U.S. military will be hired for “non-enforcement” missions to help deport illegal immigrants.
