Immigrants self-deport to Mexico, then ask to cross into U.S.

By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times

NOGALES, Ariz. — Chanting, “Undocumented, unafraid,” three young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children staged an unorthodox — and risky — demonstration at the U.S.-Mexico border to protest U.S. deportation policies and call for immigration reform.

The three traveled to Mexico in recent weeks and on Monday walked up to the border crossing here and asked to be let into the United States. By early Monday afternoon, they were being interviewed by immigration authorities. It was unclear how long the interviews would last or how authorities would respond.

The action was organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, an activist group, and the immigrants were accompanied by an attorney. They planned to ask for humanitarian parole, which would allow them entry into the country and, failing that, asylum.

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