One of the 18 people who got caught and arrested at the U.S. border is now accusing AG Sessions for discrimination. The suspect claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse and needed asylum.
(CNN) She was one of 18 migrants caught 50 yards north of the US-Mexico border, traveling with four young children. A Honduran, she was also one of six charged with federal crimes from the group -- all Central Americans.
Now, separated from her children, she is firing back, alleging that Attorney General Jeff Sessions discriminated against her in singling them out.
The woman at the center of the filing, Olga George, told Border Patrol agents she wanted to claim asylum because she was a victim of domestic violence, according to the court filing from her lawyers moving to dismiss her case. After she said she wanted to claim asylum, authorities read her her Miranda rights and referred her for prosecution. She was then separated from her children and taken into custody.
George and the 17 other foreign nationals were apprehended last week by the Border Patrol in an area known as Goat Canyon, about four miles west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, where more than 200 of the "caravan" migrants have been processed for asylum, and just 50 yards north of the US-Mexico border, according to the documents. Though the Justice Department said it suspected she was a part of the caravan, it wasn't clear if she was a member of the annual pilgrimage.
According to the motion from her attorneys, the group apprehended by Border Patrol agents included three Indian nationals, but only the Central American nationals were charged. No information was available about how the migrants from India ended up with the group.
The Department of Justice and Customs and Border Protection declined to comment and did not explain the status of the remaining migrants in that group.
Stay the fuk out of here. Fix your own country like we did in 1776. OH, they don't have guns huh? Funny how that works.