From the How-Gullible-Do-They-Think-We-Are Department:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin faced criticism on social media after stating that a United States citizen, who was wrongfully arrested by border authorities in Arizona earlier this month, was subjected to action because he had claimed not to be a U.S. citizen.
“The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully,” McLaughlin wrote on the social platform X on Monday.
‘Mind-boggling’: DHS official ripped for saying wrongfully arrested US citizen claimed not to be a citizen
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin faced criticism on social media after stating that a United States citizen, who was wrongfully arrested by border authorities in Arizona earlier this month, was subjected to action because he had claimed not to be a U.S. citizen. “The narrative being pushed about Jose Her…