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A counter-demonstrator to protesters opposing arrivals of buses carrying largely women and children undocumented migrants for processing at the Murrieta Border Patrol Station is arrested July 4, 2014, in Murrieta, California. The ACLU is preparing a lawsuit against the U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement for their agents allegedly sexually assaulting women who cross the border. Getty Images

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was preparing to file two separate administrative tort claims against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection because it says an agent sexually assaulted two women who crossed the border into the U.S. The claims were expected to be filed March 22, the ACLU of Northern California announced Wednesday.

Specifically, the ACLU referenced a Customs and Border Protection agent who was accused of sexually assaulting two females, including one minor, while they were being detained following a successful crossing of the border. It was not clear if the women were detained lawfully or under false pretenses. While the agent's name was not disclosed, one of the victims — identified only as Clarita — would be speaking with reporters following the filing of the claims.

Read: ACLU Alleges Border Patrol Abuse

The ACLU's plans to file the claims came after years of accusations from women — often times undocumented immigrants — who said they were sexual assault victims of Border Patrol agents. In many cases, the alleged victims said they experienced a sense of helplessness because they were being attacked by law enforcement, PBS reported in 2014.

In another case, a Border Patrol agent befriended a family before sexually preying upon their teenage daughter, Fox 5 in San Diego reported. That former agent, Daniel Alfredo Spear, was convicted of charges ranging from oral copulation of a minor to using a minor in the production of child pornography. Spears was sentenced to two years in state prison in January.

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The same thing has apparently been happening elsewhere along the border. Another now-former Border Patrol agent in New Mexico was arrested for his inappropriate relationship with a teenager, KVIA, the Las Cruces ABC affiliate, reported in September. Orlando Gomez had a sexual relationship with a girl starting when she was 15 in 2014 until February of 2016.

Wednesday's announcement was not the first of its kind by the ACLU. The civil liberties group filed a formal complaint in New Mexico in May over two Mexican nationals with valid documentation and a U.S. citizen alleging illegal harassment and detention by Border Patrol agents in 2014 and 2015.

The ACLU also accused Border Patrol of profiling and abuse in 2015, the New York Times reported at the time.

CORRECTION: 7:36 p.m. EST, Match 16 -- An earlier version of this article incorrectly described the nature of the action the ACLU was planning to take against U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The text of the story has been updated to reflect those facts.