A 23-year-old illegal immigrant, Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who went missing from her Florida home.
The Van Buren County sheriff's office in southwestern Michigan said Gomez is from Chiapas, Mexico, but was in the United States illegally. The girl had been reported missing to the Polk County sheriff's office in Florida nearly a week ago, the Associated Press reported.
Gomez was charged with one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, as well as with felony kidnapping and interference with child custody, WZZM reported. Michigan Children's Protective Services, meanwhile, took custody of the girl, pending return to her family in Florida.
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The arrest comes as growing voter angst over the porous borders has given presidential hopeful Donald Trump a boost in recent polls. On Saturday, he told a packed FreedomFest crowd in Phoenix, "We have to take back the heart of our country."
He went on, speaking of illegal immigration, the Washington Post reported: "These are people that shouldn't be in our country. They flow in like water."