'It got to the point where I was ready to sign a deportation paper just to not be suffering there anymore,' said 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia.
An American teenager who was detained by U.S. immigration authorities for more than three weeks, despite being a citizen, was finally released on Tuesday.
While Francisco had his Texas ID on him, which can only be obtained with a Social Security number, Marlon only had his school ID on him, prompting CBP officials to take them into custody, despite the teens insisting they were U.S. citizens. Francisco was not alone in his suffering, of course. He said that he had been crammed into an overcrowded holding area where he and 60 other men were forced to sleep on the floor, with only aluminum foil blankets to keep them warm at night. Some men, he said, had to sleep on the floor of the restroom area.
that"generally, situations including conflicting reports from the individual and multiple birth certificates can, and should, take more time to verify."
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