Judge Awards Over $1 Million to 2 US Citizen Children Detained Crossing Border

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.

Customs and Border Protection agents check pedestrians as they exit Mexico into the customs area of the United States on the east side of the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 19, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

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.

U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California Gonzalo Curiel issued the order on June 21.