Border patrol release photo of migrant boy found alone in freezing temperatures on Mexico-US border

A migrant toddler was rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents after he was seen wandering alone near the border with Mexico.

A spokesperson with the agency’s Del Rio Sector confirmed to DailyMail.com that the boy was spotted at a boat ramp around midnight Tuesday near the Eagle Pass Port of Entry in Eagle Pass, Texas.

The child, who is said to be around two years old, was found in good health condition despite encountering temperatures that hovered near freezing.

The spokesperson added that the boy was not carrying identification documents or contact information that could have been used to contact his family in the United States.

A spokesperson for U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector told DailyMail.com that the migrant boy found alone at a boat ramp near the border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Tuesday is believed to be two years old. Efforts are ongoing to determine his identity

U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported 47,383 encounters with unaccompanied migrant children who have unlawfully crossed the Mexico-United States border during the first four months of fiscal year 2022

The boy was among more than 120 unaccompanied children who were encountered by Del Rio Sector over the weekend.

The sector is responsible for providing protection to 47 counties and 242 miles of border along the Rio Grande in the southwest Texas region. 

In addition, sector agents found five minors – a two-year-old boy from El Salvador; a two-year-old boy from Guatemala; a six-year-old girl from Guatemala; a six-year-old boy from El Salvador; and a 12-year-old girl from Honduras  – at shore of the Rio Grande after they had been crossed over from Mexico on February 23. It’s unknown if the children are all related.

On February 8, Del Rio Sector agents encountered a five-year-old girl from Guatemala who admitted crossing the Rio Grande waterway by herself.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s last monthly report for the southwestern border showed 47,383 interdictions of unaccompanied children reported during the first four months of fiscal year 2022 (October 2021 to January 2022).

In comparison, 20,186 minors were stopped for crossing the border alone in the same period in fiscal year 2021.

Unaccompanied migrant children are shielded by the administration of President Joe Biden from being expelled to Mexico under Title 42 when they are found to have unlawfully crossed the United States-Mexico border.

Del Rio Sector agents found five migrant minor children alone near the Rio Grande shore in Texas last Thursday. It’s unknown if the children are related

A five-year-old girl was stopped at the border in Texas on February 8 and told Del Rio Sector agents she had cross the Rio Grande waterway by herself 

More than 120 unaccompanied children who were encountered by Del Rio Sector over the weekend

A Honduran five-year-old girl was found by border patrol agents on February 10 in Texas. The child was among four children who were encountered together by officers assigned to US Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector

A policy passed during former Republican president Donald Trump’s administration in March 2020, Title 42 permits CBP to expel migrants under a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health order that deems them a health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Joe Biden’s administration has continued enforcing the law, returning 78,486 migrants to Mexico in January.

Under Trump, starting in March 2020, nearly 400,000 migrants were denied asylum and refuge at the border, and sent back to Mexico. The Biden administration has expelled over 1.2 million since he took office.