The ongoing border crisis under the Biden-Harris administration has brought to light the heartbreaking realities faced by innocent children caught in the crossfire.
Among the most recent examples, a 5-year-old girl was rescued by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers after being smuggled into the United States from Mexico.
The incident unfolded when DPS stopped a Ram 1500 truck in Val Verde County during a routine traffic check. Inside the vehicle, officers found the young girl, confirming she was the same child captured on surveillance cameras earlier that day.
Footage from border surveillance cameras, later shared by Fox News, showed a smuggler carrying the girl across the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas.
MUST WATCH VIDEO: TX TROOPER RESCUES FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD SMUGGLED ACROSS THE BORDER
11/29: A @TxDPS Trooper stopped a Ram 1500 in Del Rio, Val Verde County, after receiving information from a border surveillance camera (see image) capturing a male adult carrying a child across… https://t.co/b5EIMBxvC3 pic.twitter.com/Vf9jc7gLxM
— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) November 30, 2024
Authorities revealed that the girl’s mother, who resides in North Carolina, had paid $8,000 to smugglers she connected with online to bring her daughter into the United States.