DOJ charges three with ‘wide-ranging conspiracy’ to smuggle migrant kids to the US
The DOJ has since identified more than 15,500 similar "super-sponsor" cases. One involved a 27-year-old man also from Guatemala who was sentenced Thursday for fraudulently claiming to be the sponsor of a 14-year-old girl whom he went on to repeatedly sexually assault.
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Politics DOJ charges three with ‘wide-ranging conspiracy’ to smuggle migrant kids to the US By Josh Christenson Published June 11, 2026, 12:04 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced indictments against three illegal immigrants who sought to smuggle more than a dozen children into the US by “exploiting the loopholes created by the last administration.” The Guatemalan nationals “took part in a wide-ranging conspiracy” that included submitting bogus sponsor applications to care for unaccompanied migrant children, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a Thursday news conference. 3 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (right) and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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