Salvadoran Illegal Accidentally ‘Self-Deports’ to Mexico and is Detained After Trying to Re-Enter America – Will Now Be Sent Back to His Homeland

An illegal alien from El Salvador will lose his unearned freedom in America after making a devastating error that landed him south of the border.

As NBC News 7 San Diego reported, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient (Dreamer) named Erick Hernandez gave two people a ride from L.A. to the border in San Ysidro on June 1, but he revealed that he missed an exit and ended up crossing into Mexico by mistake. In other words, he ‘self-deported’ himself.

Hernandez’s attorney, Valerie Sigamani, alleges that after being detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), agents demanded a probe from the Dreamer in exchange for being allowed to return to the United States.

Here is NBC News 7 San Diego’s video report on the incident:

“One of the officials told him, ‘Well, if you pay us $800, we’ll forgive everything, and we’ll let you into the United States with no problem,’” Sigamani said.

Sigimani told NBC News 7 San Diego that she has filed a complaint with the FBI in an effort to shield her client from deportation. She also revealed that Hernandez is no longer protected by DACA.

“And when that happened (missing the turn), he lost everything, basically,” his attorney Valerie Sigamani said, noting that anyone with DACA must have prior approval to leave the U.S.

“He no longer has DACA. His attempt to come back to the United States and say, ‘This was a mistake. It was an accident. I was not trying to leave the United States,’ was ignored,” she added.

Sigamani said Hernandez has been placed in expedited removal and is being held without bond. He is currently at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County.

According to NBC News 7 San Diego, Hernandez’s parents illegally entered America with him 20 years ago from El Salvador. He was 14 years old at the time.

Hernandez’s wife Nancy Rivera, an American citizen, said that she was trying to help him gain legal status after they got married last fall. She is currently pregnant.

Now, she may have to raise their baby by herself due to Hernandez’s foolish and selfish actions.