'Fake Families:' ICE cracking down on 'fraudulent family units' seeking to exploit loopholes

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reallocating resources to the U.S.-Mexico border to investigate the alleged use of fraudulent documents "to create fake families seeking to exploit U.S. immigration laws," the agency announced Tuesday. The alleged fraud may include the use of forged birth certificates or other fraudulent documents to establish parentage and "fake families," ICE said. "Our highly-skilled teams are working to stop individuals, networks and organizations facilitating child smuggling and document fraud," said ICE Acting Director Matthew Albence. ICE said forged or other fraudulent documents are also being used by adult undocumented immigrants "to falsely claim they are minors under the age of 18." By entering the U.S. as a family unit or unaccompanied minor, undocumented immigrants "can exploit loopholes in immigration laws to enter the U.S. and avoid detention," ICE said. Throughout April, HSI special agents conducted about 100 family unit interviews and found evidence of fraud in more than a quarter of cases, ICE said...MORE 

This has been going on for more than a year and ICE is just now reallocating units?