A 34-year-old California resident is being detained in preparation for deportation by the Department of Homeland Security after he said he just made a wrong turn.
Eric Hernandez Rodriguez does not have legal status to be in America, though he has lived in the U.S. for 20 years. He’d most recently been working as a ride-share driver. In early June, he was driving two clients from Los Angeles to the border at San Diego.
Rodriguez claimed he made a wrong turn and drove into Mexico. When he tried to reenter the U.S., Customs and Border Protection agents arrested him. An attorney representing Rodriguez told NBC San Diego that agents wanted cash to let him back in, and since he could not pay the requested $800, he was arrested and detained.
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