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an america customs and border protection (CBP) Supervisor is accused of harboring an illegal immigrant with whom he was romantically involved in his Texas home.
The Justice Department said Andres Wilkinson appeared in federal court this week and was ordered held pending a detention hearing.
Wilkinson began working for CBP in 2001 and was promoted to a supervisory position in 2021, overseeing the enforcement of customs and immigration laws.
At some point, authorities learned that an illegal immigrant, identified in court documents as Elva Edith Garcia-Vallejo, was living at Wilkerson’s Texas home. Federal prosecutors said the two were in a romantic relationship.
She enters the United States nonimmigrant Authorities said he was granted a visa in August 2023 and later overstayed, with the travel authorization expiring on February 4, 2024.
From June to November 2025, authorities monitored Wilkinson’s home and observed Garcia-Vallejo living there with Wilkinson and her minor children, the charges allege. Investigators also observed her using a vehicle registered to Wilkinson, court documents state.
Garcia-Vallejo was interviewed by authorities in February.
Federal prosecutors said she had lived with Wilkinson since August 2024. Wilkinson provided financial support, including housing, credit cards, financial obligation assistance and use of a vehicle registered in his name, prosecutor said.
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He also allegedly took her through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
Garcia-Vallejo began living with her husband in the U.S. border city of Laredo. He petitioned her to become a legal resident but withdrew the petition in April 2025.
On May 14, 2025, CBP investigators received information from a law enforcement database indicating that Garcia-Vallejo was Wilkinson’s niece, the complaint states. Prosecutors said she was the “daughter” of a man Wilkinson listed as a brother on a 2023 background check.
“The woman admitted that she had been living with her uncle, SCBPO Wilkinson, since approximately August 2024,” the complaint states.
Authorities allegedly discovered a document from May 2025 in which Wilkinson confirmed to Border Region/Behavioral Health that Garcia-Vallejo and her daughters had been living in his home as part of his family since Dec. 7, 2024.
The indictment does not specify whether Wilkinson and Garcia-Vallejo are related or related by blood.
Wilkerson faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Fox News Digital has contacted U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security.
