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Border Agents Encounter Child along Border Wall

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs - Visual Communications Division

June 7, 2021 | 0:34

U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), San Diego Sector agents encountered an unaccompanied 5-year-old child along the border wall, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Agents observed a small child being dropped off near the end of the border wall near San Ysidro, Calif. at about 10:45 a.m. The young girl then proceeded to walk along the north from the international boundary line along the Tijuana River channel and into the United States. Agents quickly responded and removed her from the dangerous area. Upon questioning, agents determined that the young girl was a 5-year-old Guatemalan citizen.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/agents-encounter-child-along-border-wall

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