Another story championed by the left and anti-Trump forces turns out to be not what it seemed – although the propaganda has already probably made its mark.

Here’s how the original story went:

As the original reporting went, Jose Hermosillo was wrongfully arrested in Albuquerque, NM, and held for over a week despite telling ICE officials that he was an American. It wasn’t until his family showed up with a birth certificate and a Social Security card that he was released.

Seems like an obvious violation. But here’s the rest of the story:

Except it turns out that Hermosillo not only told immigration authorities he wasn’t an American citizen, but he even concocted an entire story about crossing the border illegally to find work in the United States. Why did he do that? I have no idea. Maybe he’s got mental issues. Maybe he was doing something he wasn’t supposed to be doing and thought posing as an illegal immigrant was the better option.

Whatever the reason, given what we’ve learned, it seems patently absurd to continue to blame ICE and the administration for this when this guy left them no choice by lying to them. Were they supposed to ascertain his real history through some sort of telepathy?

Or perhaps he’s a leftist who lied in order to make the government look bad.

I have no idea, but it’s very very strange.

More:

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary, DHS, wrote on X, “On “On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the US 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 added, “He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the US marshals in Florence, Arizona. A few days later, his family presented documents showing US citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.”

The teenager’s arrest, therefore, was as a result of “his own actions and statements,” she asserted.”

And yet how many people will end up having seen the original story and not the addition/correction?