Identical twins. Identical asylum claims. Very different luck at the border
JUAREZ, Mexico - The 12-year-old identical twins entered Texas from Mexico days apart in the foothills of Mount Cristo Rey. One came with their father. The other arrived with their mother.
It was June. The family's plan was to get caught by Border Patrol agents as quickly as possible, then claim asylum so they could stay in the U.S. legally while awaiting immigration court hearings.
The parents had hoped that crossing the border separately, each with one son, would improve the chance that they all would be allowed into the country legally.
But that's not what U.S. immigration officials decided. They released Nostier Leiva Sabillon and his father in Texas, and sent Anthony Leiva Sabillon and his mother back to Mexico.
The difference in treatment shows how arbitrary the U.S. immigration system has become as
