Judge Awards Over $1 Million to 2 US Citizen Children Detained Crossing Border | The Epoch Times

The children lived with their parents and siblings in Tijuana, Mexico, and had been en route to school in San Ysidro when they wound up detained by CBP officer. - Katabella Roberts

• Two American children who were detained by U.S. customs officers while trying to cross the U.S.–Mexico border to go to school will be awarded more than $1 million in compensation, a federal judge in California has ruled...
• The order stems from a lawsuit involving Oscar Amparo Medina and his sister Julia Isabel Amparo, who were 14 and 9 years old, respectively, in March 2019, when they were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Tijuana–San Ysidro, California, border crossing...
• Julia was detained by officers for about 34 hours, and Oscar for roughly 14 hours, because officers suspected them of lying about their identities, with officers initially believing Oscar may have been attempting to smuggle or traffic his younger sister...