2026年2月12日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:22 / CBS新闻
一名美国海关与边境保护局（CBP）官员因涉嫌包庇一名非法滞留美国的移民而面临联邦刑事指控。据官方称，该移民同时也是该官员的女友和侄女。
美国司法部指控CBP官员兼主管安德烈斯·威尔金森（Andres Wilkinson）与一名非法滞留美国的女子同住得克萨斯州拉雷多。本月早些时候提交的刑事起诉书显示，该女子于2023年8月持临时签证入境美国。
司法部称，威尔金森为她提供了”经济支持，包括住房、信用卡、财务义务协助以及车辆使用权”。刑事诉讼文件指出，两人曾一起通过得克萨斯州边境附近的边境巡逻检查站。
司法部表示，威尔金森”明知其非法移民身份，仍与其保持恋爱关系”。
根据起诉书，官员收集的信息”表明”该女子实际上是威尔金森的侄女，并且已婚。但起诉书还称，她的丈夫于2024年1月代表她向美国公民及移民服务局（USCIS）提交了绿卡申请，却在2025年4月取消了该申请。一个月后，CBP职业责任办公室（OPR）发现威尔金森、该女子及其女儿在一起，并对他们的关系进行了数月调查。
CBP OPR调查人员发现，这名女子是一名叫J.桑托斯·加西亚-莫雷诺（J. Santos Garcia-Moreno）男子的女儿，威尔金森在2023年背景调查中曾将此人列为自己的兄弟。2026年2月，当CBP OPR拘留该女子时，她承认自2024年8月起一直与威尔金森同住。
CBS新闻联系了威尔金森的辩护律师，但尚未收到回复。CBP也未立即回应置评请求。
司法部表示，如果罪名成立，52岁的威尔金森可能面临最高10年监禁和25万美元罚款。官员称，他已进行首次出庭，目前被拘留，等待周五举行的拘留听证会。
据司法部称，威尔金森在CBP工作近25年，2021年晋升为监管职务，职责包括监督移民法的执行。
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
February 12, 2026 / 9:22 PM EST / CBS News
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing federal criminal charges over allegations he harbored an immigrant who officials say is in the country illegally and is also the officer’s girlfriend and niece.
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson was living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally. The woman entered the U.S. on a temporary visa in August 2023, according to the criminal complaint filed earlier this month.
Wilkinson allegedly provided her “financial support, including housing, credit cards, assistance with financial obligations and access to vehicle,” the Justice Department said. The criminal complaint states they traveled together through Border Patrol checkpoints near the Texas border.
The Justice Department said Wilkinson was “aware of her unlawful immigration status yet maintained a romantic relationship with her.”
According to the complaint, officials collected information “indicating” that the woman is actually Wilkinson’s niece, and that she’s married to another man. But the complaint also says that her husband, who had filed a green card application with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on her behalf in January 2024, canceled the petition in April 2025. A month later, the CBP Office of Professional Responsibility observed Wilkinson, the woman and her daughter together and investigated their relationship for months.
CBP OPR investigators found that the woman was the daughter of a man named J. Santos Garcia-Moreno, whom Wilkinson had listed as his brother in his 2023 background investigation. And when CBP OPR detained the woman in February 2026, she admitted she had been living with Wilkinson since August 2024.
CBS News reached out to an attorney listed as Wilkinson’s lawyer and has yet to hear back. CBP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
If convicted, Wilkinson, 52, could face up to 10 years in prison and potentially a $250,000 fine, the Justice Department said. He made an initial appearance and remains in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Friday, officials said.
Wilkinson has been with CBP for almost 25 years and was promoted in 2021 to a supervisory role, where his duties included overseeing the enforcement of immigration laws, according to the Justice Department.
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