TheBlaze’s Sara Carter reports that Border Patrol Agents have found “cheat sheets” that provide illegal aliens rehearsed answers for the questions Border Patrol Agents will ask upon apprehension. The answers present a case for “credible fear,” which clears the way for remaining in the U.S. to attend an immigration hearing. “It’s proof they are told what to say,” a government official told TheBlaze.
An official at the Department of Homeland Security said human traffickers likely give illegal aliens the cheat sheets. They give suggestions in Spanish on what to say when approached by a Border Patrol Agents.
TheBlaze provides a picture of one note the reporter acquired that lists questions that pertain to being granted an immigration hearing, and the answers to give Agents. The printed statements in Spanish on the note are:
- “Why did you abandon your country?
- Because of poverty and misery.
- You’re in fear of your government and afraid to live in your country.
- You’re afraid of extortion from Maras [MS-13 gang].
- Do you have family in the United States?
- Is this the first time you’ve come into this country?
- Did you swim across the river?
- Somebody told you that if you brought a minor child into the United States you can stay.”
The note also includes handwritten “yes” or “no” answers to the questions, and personal notes like “Who did you live with?” and “My aunt, but she crossed the border.”
Agents have been reporting that most illegal aliens they encounter use the same answers suggesting they left their countries because they had “credible fear.” The DNS official told TheBlaze, “Several years ago, we would hold illegal aliens until their court date. We didn’t have this huge crisis when they knew they couldn’t get away and were being held. Now we let everyone go because we have no space — the administration also makes it impossible to do our job and deport them.”
See the cheat sheet and read more in TheBlaze.
