Photo: Border Patrol Agent Comforts Toddler Saved From Traffickers

A border patrol vehicle patrols along a recently constructed section of the border fence expansion between Yuma, Ariz., and Calexico, Calif., on March 14, 2009. David McNew/Getty Images

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared a photo showing the moment a toddler was rescued by an agent after he was brought to the border.

A migrant with prior arrests had falsely claimed to be the boy’s parent so he could attempt to gain entry to the United States, but he was foiled by a DNA test, officials said.