Rural Texas seeing a rise in deported sex offenders trying to get back into the U.S.

Border security in rural towns along the Mexican border is facing a growing crisis in Texas with a rise in deported sex offenders trying to illegally re-gain entrance into the U.S., Kristin Tate reports for the Breitbart News Network. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection map)

The Del Rio Sector, which covers 59,541 square miles in 41 Texas counties, apprehended 16 deported sex offenders last year, but 32 have been caught trying to get into the U.S. during the current fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1, 2013, Matt McDaniel reports for San Angelo LIVE.

Jose Castro, a spokesman for the Del Rio Sector, told Tate, "Individuals who have committed violence are going to go to less populated areas to try to come into the country. The Rio Grande Valley is more of an urban place, but Del Rio is more rural. People who pose a threat to our country are going to try to exploit that." (Read more)