I Asked Illegal Aliens If They Knew They Were Breaking Law. Here’s What They Said.
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Brandon says he left Cameroon on March 15 and crossed the border from Mexico into California four days later.
He knows it’s illegal to cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry, as he did, Brandon told The Daily Signal. But, he said, he did so because the “situation in my home country is not so good.”
Brandon, 25, didn’t provide his last name and declined to pose for a photo.
The illegal alien from the Central African nation said he has a cousin in Minnesota who helped him navigate the process of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a journey that cost him about $1,600.
After he entered California from Mexico, Brandon said, the U.S. Border Patrol processed him in about 48 hours. Agents checked his skin and asked him for his name and basic information, he said, but not why he had come to America.
The Cameroonian was one of about 120 illegal aliens released by the Border Patrol on Thursday morning at Iris Avenue Transit Center in San Diego. He also was one of the few who spoke good English.
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