{"id":2525700,"date":"2025-12-28T06:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resurfaced-bombshell-chris-hansen-says-he-constant-caught-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles-on-to-catch-a-predator\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T06:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:25:49","slug":"resurfaced-bombshell-chris-hansen-says-he-constant-caught-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles-on-to-catch-a-predator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resurfaced-bombshell-chris-hansen-says-he-constant-caught-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles-on-to-catch-a-predator\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurfaced Bombshell: Chris Hansen Says He Constant Caught Illegal Immigrant Pedophiles on &#8216;To Catch a Predator&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresurfaced-bombshell-chris-hansen-says-he-constant-caught-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles-on-to-catch-a-predator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2525700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chris Hansen, known for NBC&#8217;s To Catch a Predator, appears in a resurfaced clip saying his sting operations increasingly catch sexual predators who are in the U.S. illegally, nonetheless of region. The short video &#8211; posted to Instagram by Fox News and later widely shared on X &#8211; drew significant attention online. Hansen told Jesse Watters Primetime that his team recently arrested dozens of predators, including several in collaboration with ICE&#8217;s Enforcement and Removal operations, and described at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bail-fund-praised-by-kamala-harris-has-twice-freed-the-same-rioter-he-was-just-charged-again\/\" title=\"Bail Fund Praised By Kamala Harris Has Twice Freed The Same Rioter. He Was Just Charged Again.\">convicted sex offender<\/a> from Mexico living near a daycare and school. The article cites Customs and Border Protection data showing about 11 million border encounters from February 2021 through december 2024 and references a New York Times analysis reporting large-scale net migration during that period.It also notes a comment by former President Donald Trump claiming border Patrol released no migrants into the interior for six months under his policies. The piece was published by a conservative newswire and includes the outlet&#8217;s republishing guidelines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Takedown&rdquo; host Chris Hansen said in a resurfaced video that he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >consistently caught illegal immigrant sexual predators<\/a> during sting operations throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"840\">Fox News originally posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DF_jKWHpXWL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clip<\/a> to Instagram on Feb. 12, but X user Wall Street Apes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallStreetApes\/status\/2003255219267014836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">red<\/a> it on Monday, where it garnered roughly 400,000 views as of Tuesday morning. Hansen, who became famous for his &ldquo;To Catch A Predator&rdquo; series on NBC News&rsquo; &ldquo;Dateline,&rdquo; made the remarks just weeks after former President Joe Biden left office on Jan. 20, asserting that he had observed a surge in illegal immigrant predators caught during his stings regardless of location.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have seen an increase in illegal immigrants being caught in our stings across the country,&rdquo; Hansen said. &ldquo;And it seems today that we can&rsquo;t do a sting whether we&rsquo;re in the South or the Midwest or West Coast or East Coast without catching somebody who&rsquo;s in this country illegally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Around 11 million border encounters occurred from February 2021 until December 2024 under Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Customs and Border Protection data. The New York Times found in a December 2024 analysis that Biden oversaw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-ranks-first-in-attracting-and-developing-skilled-workforce\/\" title=\"Florida Ranks First in Attracting and Developing Skilled Workforce\">largest net migration<\/a> in American history, with a majority of U.S.-bound migration occurring unlawfully.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is how bad is the situation with illegals is in America<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hansen, host of &lsquo;To Catch a Predator&rsquo;, says EVERY SINGLE TIME he sets up a sting to catch pedophiles, it&rsquo;s an illegal<\/p>\n<p>Read that again, EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It seems today that we can&rsquo;t do a sting, whether&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cMrhJP8XfB\">pic.twitter.com\/cMrhJP8XfB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetApes\/status\/2003255219267014836?\">December 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hansen also discussed his work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on &ldquo;Jesse Watters Primetime&rdquo; in October.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the last month, we have caught 45 predators seeking to exploit children. Seven of those were for a new investigative series we have going on with ICE ERO [Enforcement and Removal Operations],&rdquo; Hansen said at the time. &ldquo;They go out after these people who are here illegally but have also been convicted of crimes against children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We had one guy who lived &mdash; [a] convicted sex offender from Mexico &mdash; lived in a home next to a daycare facility and three blocks from a school,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;And as we&rsquo;re doing this, anti-ICE protesters are rallying outside ICE headquarters with no idea as to what we just did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1995913300899455249?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> during a Dec. 2 cabinet meeting that Border Patrol agents released a grand total of zero migrants into the interior of the United States for six consecutive months under his administration&rsquo;s crackdown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a &#039;Good Samaritan&#039;\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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