Border Patrol shares heartbreaking story of family separation in Arizona, but there's a twist...

Greg P. | 10:56 AM on July 01, 2018

The Twitter account for Customs and Border Patrol in Arizona shared the story a 6-year-old Costa Rican boy who they found abandoned by a smuggler earlier this month.

“#BorderPatrol agents rescued a 6-year-old Costa Rican boy after he was abandoned by a smuggler on an AZ border road during extreme heat,” the account tweeted:

#BorderPatrol agents rescued a 6-year-old Costa Rican boy after he was abandoned by a smuggler on an AZ border road during extreme heat. https://t.co/osQzeXqobZ pic.twitter.com/b9TBM7tOT2

— CBP Arizona (@CBPArizona) June 30, 2018

But there’s a family-separation twist. The smuggler, in this case, was the boy’s uncle who just left him there hoping the Border Patrol would find him. From CBP:

Agents discovered the child west of Lukeville, Arizona and just north of the border, in temperatures over 100 degrees. The child told agents he was dropped off by his uncle and that Border Patrol would pick him up. He added that he was on his way to see his mother in the U.S.

This is the immigration crisis the media isn’t talking about: An immigrant illegally in the U.S. allows her child to be left in the desert under the assumption that CBP will find the child and then eventually reunite her with the child knowing that she’s in the U.S. illegally. Trump was correct when he said our system encourages this type of risky behavior and it must end:

When people come into our Country illegally, we must IMMEDIATELY escort them back out without going through years of legal maneuvering. Our laws are the dumbest anywhere in the world. Republicans want Strong Borders and no Crime. Dems want Open Borders and are weak on Crime!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2018