Post by microg on Jul 11, 2018 8:48:29 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his security detail violated both Mexican and U.S. immigration laws by crossing the border on foot during a visit near El Paso, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection alleges in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
The mayor’s office flatly denied the allegation.
The mayor’s office flatly denied the allegation.
The letter was sent June 25 by Aaron Hull, the chief patrol agent for the Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector to New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill.
While it is easy to blame Mayor Bill de Blasio, given his arrogance, perhaps he did get permission from a border patrol supervisor; whether this supervisor had such authority or whether there was simply a miscommunication is hard to tell. Nevertheless, the mayor should have cooperated with authorities when questions later arose and he did not.
The agent told them they’d crossed the border illegally and asked them to remain there while he got a supervisor and took them to an official crossing for an inspection per federal law, according to the letter. But the group disregarded the order and drove back to Mexico, according to the letter.
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