Border Patrol Agent Shane Fernandez's Solo Mission to Apprehend Migrant Criminals

The Mission of Agent Shane Fernandez

• 🎯 Agent Shane Fernandez, a Border Patrol agent in El Centro, California, is working alone to track down illegal immigrants who have entered the U.S. over the past four years and evaded federal custody.
• 💡 His viral hashtag, "#Shane’d," signifies the shame these individuals feel when apprehended, as they believed they were getting away with their actions.

Scope of the Problem

• 📊 DHS Secretary Christine Om states there are over 600,000 convicted criminal illegal immigrants on ICE's non-detained docket, meaning they are currently living freely in the U.S.
• ⚠️ Fernandez views his work not as confined to his sector but as a critical aspect of national security, targeting individuals with criminal histories or derogatory information.

Successes and Motivations

• 📈 Over the last three and a half years, Fernandez has personally captured or been responsible for the capture of 91 individuals, often hundreds of miles from the border.
• 👨‍👧‍👦 Fernandez, a father, is personally motivated by his targets' criminal convictions, particularly those involving crimes against children, stating he doesn't want these crimes to happen to anyone else or his own family.

Notable Cases

• ⚖️ One of Fernandez's first targets was an individual convicted of killing two people, who had escaped jail and was a known gang member.
• 🇧🇷 This individual was later found to be facing greater threats of violence in his home country of Brazil, preventing his removal from the U.S. by a judge, despite his criminal past and apprehension by Fernandez.