An alarming number of immigrants who are sex offenders are captured in South Texas.
Since October 2013, Border Patrol has apprehended nearly 180 immigrants who have prior convictions for sex offenses, KZTV Action 10 reports.
A majority of the offenders sexually assaulted children in the U.S.
Just this weekend, Border Patrol arrested three people with warrants related to sex crimes in Forth Worth, Virginia and Austin.
They are awaiting extradition.