Border Patrol agents arrest Illegal alien with record of conviction for sexual battery

U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday arrested an illegal alien who had previously been convicted for sexual battery.

Record checks showed that the 23-year-old had been convicted in 2018 "for Sexual Battery, out of Sonoma, California. He was sentenced to 36 months' probation for his sex crime and is required to register as a sex offender," according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release.

"The man was processed criminally for 8 USC 1326, Reentry of Removed Aliens and will be held in federal custody pending his hearing," the press release noted.