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Dozens of federal immigration agents have been arrested \u2014 and in some cases, convicted \u2014 of crimes related to sexual and gender-based violence, according to a group of anti-fascist researchers. <\/p>\n

The Pacific Antifascist Collective (PAC) tracks federal immigration agents they claim are \u201ccredibly accused\u201d of abuse. The group reports that over the last 20 years, at least 81 agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been arrested \u2014 and in some cases, convicted \u2014 for sexually or physically abusing women or children. Prism<\/em> independently reviewed the research, which was first published in January and is regularly updated in a social media thread using local news reports and court documents. <\/p>\n

Almost all of the agents are men, and 78 of them have allegedly committed sexual offenses. Sixty of those agents are accused of child sexual abuse, including the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material, solicitation of a minor, and child sexual assault. The dozens of other agents were arrested or convicted for gender-based crimes, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and coercing women in detention to have sex. To verify the allegations, Prism<\/em> cross-checked PAC\u2019s research with local and national reporting, as well as publicly available court records. <\/p>\n

Since 2020, at least two dozen ICE employees and contractors have been charged with crimes, the Associated Press <\/em>(AP) reported in February. The growing list of allegations of gender-based crimes committed by agents employed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), combined with growing reports of ICE kidnappings nationwide and an alarming lack of background checks and vetting during the DHS hiring process, raises questions about who the Trump administration is hiring and empowering to police borders and carry out legally dubious immigration raids. In November, the FBI urged partnering agencies to \u201cadequately identify themselves\u201d after a string of cases in which men impersonated masked ICE agents to commit crimes, such as assaulting and kidnapping immigrant women.<\/p>\n

Allegations against federal immigration agents go back decades, with some dating back to 2002 soon after DHS was created post-9\/11, leading advocates to question the larger culture cultivated within the department. There are long-standing concerns about sexual violence within federal immigration agencies such as ICE and CBP, where agents have raped and beaten women and children while tasked with keeping the American public safe. <\/p>\n

Who Are the \u201cCriminals\u201d? <\/h2>\n

At the core of the Trump administration\u2019s justification for the growing number of raids and deportations nationwide is the claim that ICE and CBP are targeting and arresting \u201ccriminals.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNearly 70% of illegal aliens ICE arrested across the country have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges in the U.S. alone,\u201d according to just one of the many false claims regularly published in DHS press releases. Over 70% of the more than 60,000 immigrants held in ICE detention as of April have no criminal conviction, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research organization that tracks and publishes federal enforcement, staffing and financial data. Additionally, studies have consistently shown that immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes than people born in the U.S. <\/p>\n

However, on a weekly basis, DHS emphasizes that its agencies are arresting \u201crapists\u201d and \u201cchild predators.\u201d Since the beginning of 2025, 180 DHS press releases have used the term \u201crapists,\u201d averaging 2.5 press releases a week making the connection between immigrants and sexual violence. <\/p>\n

When Prism<\/em> contacted ICE and CBP with the list of agents who have been arrested, charged, or convicted for sexual crimes, both agencies refused to confirm if any of the agents have been suspended or terminated without pay. <\/p>\n

The list of offenders includes Andrew Golobic, an Ohio-based deportation agent who was sentenced in March 2025 to 12 years in prison for coercing detained women into sex, as well as Alexander Steven Back, a Minnesota-based DHS employee arrested in November 2025 for soliciting sex from a minor. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for ICE accused Prism<\/em> of attempting to \u201cdox\u201d agents convicted of sexual crimes, alleging that \u201cdoxxing our officers put [sic] their lives and their families in serious danger.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOur law enforcement officers are on the frontlines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and rapists,\u201d the spokesperson added. <\/p>\n

\u201cICE is committed to ensuring its law enforcement personnel are held to the highest standards,\u201d the spokesperson also noted. \u201cVetting is an ongoing process \u2026 in preventing unqualified or unsuitable candidates from being entrusted with law enforcement responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to activists and advocates, ICE\u2019s statement does not reflect the reality of ICE\u2019s and CBP\u2019s vetting processes, including cases in which the federal agencies failed to identify prospective agents with histories of sexual and gender-based violence. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the same agencies that portray all immigrants as criminals, which is not the case, not anywhere near it,\u201d said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance. In January, Tramonte , finding that most of the agents\u2019 offenses harmed children. \u201cIn reality, these agencies are hiring people who have these abusive personalities, in some cases keeping them employed for decades,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Samuel L. Saxon, an Ohio-based ICE assistant field office director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, was arrested on charges of felonious assault, strangulation, and domestic violence in December 2025. Saxon worked for the federal agency since 2005, and, according to local news reports, authorities noted in court that there were 22 police calls to his residence since 2023. reviewed by Prism<\/em> contain witness reports of Saxon \u201cdragging a woman down the hallway in a chokehold,\u201d calling her a \u201cbitch\u201d, and slapping her. In April, Saxon pleaded guilty to lying to the federal officer investigating his domestic violence arrest. <\/p>\n

In another case, Arizona Border Patrol agent Bart Conrad Yager was indicted last year on 24 felony charges, including 10 counts of child sex trafficking. Local news reports revealed that a decade ago, Yager was a suspect in a rape case, but CBP never investigated the allegations, according to a CBP special agent\u2019s statement filed in Cochise County Superior Court. <\/p>\n

CBP only began investigating Yager in 2023 when the agency found he was fraudulently claiming travel reimbursements when he paid for hotels to solicit sex while on duty, including with someone underage who was previously documented as being sex trafficked as part of a separate police investigation, the Arizona Daily Star<\/em> reported. Yager, who worked for the agency since 2011, was known among his colleagues for his \u201chatred toward women,\u201d according to court records reviewed by the Daily Star<\/em>. He is just one of several Arizona-based CBP employees recently charged with or convicted of sexual misconduct, the local publication reported.<\/p>\n

When Prism<\/em> reached out to CBP about these cases, a spokesperson said, \u201cThe overwhelming majority of employees perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tramonte disputes the claim that ICE and CBP are delivering \u201csafety.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety being promised by these agencies \u2026 is safety for white men,\u201d said Tramonte. Prism<\/em>\u2019s research confirmed only one offender on PAC\u2019s list is a woman, and while Latino and Black agents have been charged with sex crimes, most of the agents whose cases have been made public are white. \u201cAnd that\u2019s safety not just from criminals, but also from being held accountable for actions that hurt other people,\u201d Tramonte told Prism<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But for investigative journalist Erin Siegal McIntyre, PAC\u2019s research raises more questions than answers. Siegal is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and is working on a book on the history of the U.S. Border Patrol. In a written interview with Prism<\/em>, Siegal pointed out that ICE and CBP employ over 40,000 people, and the research posted online does not \u201cspecify whether alleged perpetrators have been convicted or not.\u201d <\/p>\n

Siegal McIntyre points out a more rigorous methodology is necessary. \u201cA cursory view of names on the list also shows that it is not broken down by CBP subcomponents, and there is no methodology around how these 30 men\u2019s names were chosen for inclusion, so it\u2019s difficult to understand with any kind of rigorous scrutiny,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorkplace Rape Culture\u201d<\/h2>\n

While ICE and CBP have much overlap with Border Patrol, which operates as part of CBP, Border Patrol, which was established in 1924, has a much longer history. <\/p>\n

Scholars and activists have drawn connections between Border Patrol and slave catchers, as the first Border Patrol agents were drawn from the Texas Rangers, a group of vigilantes who openly participated in racist violence. In 2003, a newly founded Department of Homeland Security \u2014 a direct response to 9\/11 \u2014 absorbed the Border Patrol and created both CBP and ICE, with Border Patrol agents continuing to serve as on-the-ground forces at the border. <\/p>\n

CBP is the largest federal law enforcement agency in the U.S. and the Border Patrol has around 20,000 front-line law enforcement agents.<\/p>\n

Both ICE and CBP were modeled after Border Patrol, according to Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol agent who has spent the last several years speaking out about the human rights abuses committed by the agency. While ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol are all separate entities, they work with each other. For example, when 37-year-old Veterans Affairs intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minnesota earlier this year during ICE\u2019s \u201cOperation Metro Surge,\u201d it was agents with CBP and Border Patrol who pulled the trigger. <\/p>\n

Budd said that Border Patrol also has a documented \u201cworkplace rape culture,\u201d adding that female agents have been hazed with rape upon joining the agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hazing of female agents [being] raped into the agency started in 1975, with the first class of women hired into the United States Border Patrol,\u201d Budd said. \u201cOur very first Latina [agent], Ernestine Lopez, was raped into the academy in 1975. She complained, she lost her job. Twenty years later, I was [also] raped into the academy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to Budd, sexual violence has long been a part of Border Patrol\u2019s workplace culture \u2014 and it\u2019s also well-documented in the field against migrants. She said agent\u2019s mock Border Patrol\u2019s motto, \u201cHonor First,\u201d by saying \u201cOn Her First,\u201d a play on words that Budd said illustrates the larger culture within the agency in which the rape of female agents is sanctioned. The misogynistic use of this motto was confirmed in a December 2020 Facebook post from Hector Garza, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, the union representing 18,000 Border Patrol employees. <\/p>\n

Garza noted the play on words while commenting on the sexual misconduct of his colleagues. \u201cFor quite some time, there have been many upper management officials in the U.S. Border Patrol that have engaged in this predator\/prey behavior,\u201d Garcia wrote. \u201cThey usually retire and ride into the sunset once the victims come forward and report the unlawful behavior. Unfortunately, most victims do not get the Justice they deserve. To these rotten management officials it is not \u2018Honor First\u2019, it is \u2018On Her First\u2019!! Shame on them!\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting over the years seems to corroborate this workplace culture within Border Patrol. Siegal McIntyre has reported on the Border Patrol\u2019s ongoing struggle to recruit and retain women agents. The journalist said she has spoken to dozens of current and former Border Patrol agents, and reviewed \u201chundreds of pages of complaints and lawsuits in which agents allege sexual harassment or assault.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThose interviews and documents illustrate a workplace where a wide range of sexual misconduct is pervasive: from stale sex jokes to retaliation for reporting sexual misconduct and assault and rape,\u201d Siegal McIntyre said. <\/p>\n

However, reporting on ICE and CBP\u2019s systemic rape culture is more difficult to come by. This is partly because sexual violence is widely underreported, and because reporting structures for survivors are flawed and ineffective. As just one example, CBP has not released an annual discipline report since 2019.<\/p>\n

Officially, it is the job of DHS\u2019s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate abuse and criminal or noncriminal misconduct within federal immigration agencies, as well as reports of sexual assault from immigrants detained by ICE. However, OIG, which was established in 2002 to provide independent oversight of DHS, investigates less than 3% of cases, according to a study published in 2022 by Valerie Gisel Zarate for St. Mary\u2019s Law Journal<\/em>. Additionally, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), which also applies to immigrant detention centers, prioritizes investigations of sexual assault between people who are both detained, when detained women overwhelmingly experience sexual abuse at the hands of detention center employees. <\/p>\n

While women who join federal immigration agencies have quietly suffered sexual harassment at the hands of their colleagues, immigrant women detained by ICE nationwide have publicly reported allegations of sexual abuse for years. <\/p>\n

In 2017, allegations of sexual abuse by a female guard at a detention facility in Texas revealed ineffective internal systems of investigation and accountability. In 2022, a Prism<\/em> investigation revealed allegations that a male nurse was sexually abusing women detained in Georgia. Earlier this year, a new report from the University of Washington\u2019s Center for Human Rights revealed widespread allegations of sexual assault at Tacoma, Washington\u2019s Northwest ICE Processing Center \u2014 allegations that have been widely ignored by authorities. The report found that internal investigations \u201cignore key evidence,\u201d the detention center has failed to incorporate preventative measures, and that crimes have not been reported to law enforcement. <\/p>\n

The failure to conduct proper investigations into allegations of sexual assault, coupled with DHS\u2019s reliance on private prison companies to manage detention centers, means victims have little to no recourse against their abusers. <\/p>\n

\u201c[The current reporting and investigation system] means that most detainees\u2019 cases will either not be investigated or will be referred to ICE \u2014 the DHS component in charge of detention centers \u2014 to handle,\u201d according to Zarate\u2019s study. \u201cEven after ICE obtains the complaint, they will ultimately decide whether to investigate or do nothing. Secondly, after ICE receives the allegation from OIG, if ICE decides to investigate, it may not have the proper resources to conduct a complete investigation report.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study further points out that ICE \u201cdoes not always comply with standards in place for investigating sexual assault, thus leaving an incomplete report,\u201d which leaves the victim without a documentation to establish credibility. Additionally, Zarate notes that a majority of allegations actually come from \u201cemployees hired by contractors due to the privatization of detention,\u201d which creates a barrier to investigation because \u201cICE has demonstrated that their contractual relationship with detention facilities is far more important than holding employees accountable.\u201d While PREA outlines the steps necessary for private companies to investigate allegations, the process is often inadequate. <\/p>\n

In a recent case reported by the AP<\/em>, at least seven reports of sexual assault that occurred at San Diego, California\u2019s Otay Mesa Detention Center are being investigated by CoreCivic, the same private prison company that contracts with ICE to operate the facility. According to a 2020 memorandum between the San Diego Sheriff\u2019s Department and CoreCivic obtained by the AP<\/em>, the detention center\u2019s warden, Christopher LaRose, has the authority to decide whether to investigate rape allegations at the facility. <\/p>\n

This dynamic allows private prison companies to decide whether they want to investigate sexual assaults they would be legally liable for \u2014 and they are choosing not to. <\/p>\n

Some of the nation\u2019s largest private prison corporations, including GEO Group and CoreCivic, rake in millions of dollars contracting with ICE to run the day-to-day operations of the agency\u2019s detention centers, where at least 18 people have died in ICE custody so far this year. Private prison companies are also notorious for providing inadequate healthcare to immigrants in custody, but, as Zarate also noted in her study, ICE only requires \u201cbare minimum qualifications\u201d for the employees its contractors hire to work at detention centers. <\/p>\n

Parallels With Prison Industrial System<\/h2>\n

In many ways, mass incarceration was the blueprint for immigrant detention. Countless overlaps and parallels exist between these systems \u2014 especially as it relates to how authorities handle allegations of sexual violence. <\/p>\n

ICE detention centers are run similarly to prisons, and in both contexts sexual violence runs rampant. Feminist scholar Angela Davis that though sexual violence perpetrated by prison guards isn\u2019t openly sanctioned, the leniency with which offending officers are treated suggests that \u201cfor women, prison is a space in which the threat of sexualized violence that looms in the larger society is effectively sanctioned as a routine aspect of the landscape of punishment behind prison walls.\u201d <\/p>\n

More recent writing by incarcerated writers confirms this reality. Incarcerated writer Kwaneta Harris argues that living in prison is \u201cto live in state-sanctioned, gender-based violence,\u201d where abusive male guards decide when you wake up, when you eat, and surveil your communications at all times. <\/p>\n

Human rights advocates and scholars have long drawn connections between ICE detention centers and prisons. \u201cThe immigrant-industrial complex is fueled by the for-profit prison industry, which in turn has seen a significant increase in revenue due to the use of private detention facilities,\u201d wrote then-University of Texas student Ikram Mohamed in 2023. Mohamed also cited a study by The Sentencing Project, reporting that between 2002 and 2017, the number of people confined in privately-run detention facilities rose by 442%. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe increased use of detention facilities by ICE and other immigration enforcement agencies has been a key driver of this growth, with private prison companies benefiting greatly from the federal government\u2019s tough stance on illegal immigration,\u201d Mohamed wrote.<\/p>\n

For Tracy McCarter, an advocate who works with Survived and Punished, a coalition of grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, the parallels between detention centers and prisons are very clear, particularly in the way that specific marginalized groups are cast as \u201ccriminals\u201d when the carceral systems that oversee them are rife with abusers. <\/p>\n

\u201cSexual assault is never about sex; we know that it\u2019s about power and control,\u201d she said. \u201cHow would that not be a tool that [ICE and CBP agents] would use?\u201d <\/p>\n

While the Trump administration maintains that the subject of its mass deportation campaign is \u201ccriminals,\u201d there is far more evidence that sexual violence and child sexual abuse run rampant within the law enforcement institutions that ostensibly exist to protect the American people.<\/p>\n

This is especially true in detention. <\/p>\n

Last September, the Louisiana Illuminator<\/em> reported that people currently and formerly detained at the South Louisiana ICE Detention Center in Basile filed multiple allegations of \u201crepeated sexual harassment, sexual abuse, physical abuse, coerced labor and neglect of urgent medical, and mental health care at the facility.\u201d <\/p>\n

And in December, The Guardian<\/em> reported that immigration officers at Texas detention camp Fort Bliss were accused of beatings and sexual abuse, according to a coalition of local and national U.S. civil rights organizations. In 2020, the Texas Tribune <\/em>and ProPublica<\/em> reported that ICE guards \u201csystematically\u201d sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center.<\/p>\n

Researchers and journalists have found evidence that the power held by federal immigration agencies allows their employees to commit sex crimes without consequences. Like sexual assault in prison, ICE, CBP, and their many contractors in charge of American safety are part of a system that abuses marginalized people with impunity.<\/p>\n

McCarter sees ICE detention centers as one of the many American institutions that were built on white supremacy. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhite supremacy exists in all systems in America, and we haven\u2019t given up on that,\u201d she told Prism<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s the basis of this country. That\u2019s the basis of policing. We know that it was slave catchers, first and foremost. And we see that replicated in how the systems are deployed against the people in this country. If it was really about crime, Trump could not be president.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prism is an independent and nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color. We report from the ground up and at the intersections of injustice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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