U.S. Border Patrol sees ‘whole new element’ coming over
By Bill Hess

Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009 - 02:15:35 am MST


TUCSON — From Friday to Monday, six illegal immigrants who crossed the border were found to have records for sexual offenses, and five of those were taken into custody in Cochise County.

And, the Tucson Sector is seeing more individuals who are apprehended with criminal records of all types, U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Mike Scioli said Monday.

Throughout the sector, “we are seeing in increase of illegals with criminal records, especially sex offenders,â€