If he told them he was Mexican, perhaps it was because he wanted the benefits that accrue to claiming asylum as an illegal. /S
Summarizing
He was apparently born in Dallas but his mother used a fake name for herself on his birth certificate. Later she applied for a travel visa for him in which she stated he was born in Mexico. On top of that the kid, although he’s lived in the US for 18 years spoke very little English and he was traveling with a group of illegal aliens.
Now he says he suing the US government.
I and two of my NCO’s were held at the El Paso facility after picking us up in the Rio Grande frog gigging. Evidently, having American beer (Coors) on your person is not valid ID. Wives had to bring ID and spring us.
***that the reason why the citizen was kept in detention for so long was that he told agents he was Mexican. ***
I remember an incident sixty years ago of an Anglo American man who visited Mexico with my aunt and uncle. On the way back across the border to the USA, when asked his nationality, he got smart and said I am Japanese!
They held them at the border all day till they established he really was not Japanese but an American.
More likely 53 other illegals used the card to cross into the US. Multiply that by the million or so other cards out there.
Is this clown a paid operative by AOC or DNC? Or was he looking for a $$$$$ settlement for being held or did he want all those government freebies we give illegals? Or is he a coyote or human trafficker or child molester. There's more to his story than he was illegally held by BP.