REPORT: ICE identifies hundreds of migrants lying about their family status

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The United States government identified hundreds of migrants allegedly falsely claiming familial status and numerous other migrant adults attempting to pose as minors.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the El Paso area have identified 238 fraudulent families, 50 adults falsely claiming to be minors, and have seized hundreds of documents attempting to support these migrants’ claims, according to an ICE statement released Thursday.

The article goes on to state the following:

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, in conjunction with CBP and Border Patrol officials, in April launched the Family Fraud Initiative in El Paso with the goal of identifying “individuals fraudulently presenting themselves as families when making an asylum claim in order to be released into the United States.”

ICE HSI El Paso, USBP identify more than 200 ‘fraudulent families’ in last 6 months https://t.co/20GYptwj62

— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) October 18, 2019

Another great job by @ICEgov, w/over 23% of the test “families” in the El Paso sector turning out to be fake:https://t.co/PJsfQqwvWB

— USCIS Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli (@USCISCuccinelli) October 18, 2019

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