Border Patrol agents have long known illegal immigrants sneaking across the boundary sometimes lie about their ages, claiming to be juveniles to try to get lenient treatment. Many get away with it, and those who do get flagged are usually siphoned over to the adult population.
The Biden administration this week changed that calculus by announcing charges against four adults who jumped the border in the past month and claimed to be children, then had agents puncture those stories.
“It’s about time,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center for Immigration Studies. “It’s the right thing to do, so that word gets around.”...MORE
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