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1. Executive Summary There were 44,124 alien IDENT matches in September 2013 compared to 47,512 alien IDENT matches in August 2013. In September 2013, SC observed 16,150 LESC Level 1 matches compared to 17,755 LESC Level 1 matches in August 2013. 6,513 aliens identified through use of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability were removed from the country in September 2013. Of these, 2,497 removals were Level 1 convicted criminal aliens. IDENT/IAFIS Interoperability Statistics Secure Communities Monthly Statistics through September 30, 2013. IDENT/IAFIS Interoperability Secure Communities’ use of IDENT/IAFIS interoperability produced over 44,124 alien IDENT matches in September of FY 2013 compared to over...

HARLINGEN — From far away, she looked like a child sitting on the curb at the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Harlingen, her backpack beside her. She was shielding her eyes from the sun with a forearm. A school bus full of children, too, was letting out less than a quarter of a mile down the street. Upon closer inspection, though, Elizabeth Martinez didn’t appear to be a kid anymore. "Veinte y tres (Twenty-three)," she said when asked her age. Nor was she from here. Martinez said she was from a town called Progreso in Honduras. She walked, rode and...