Border patrol falsely imprisoned 9-year-old US citizen during interrogation, federal judge rules

violated the rights of a 9-year-old girl and her brother who were falsely imprisoned while trying to cross into the U.S.

Medina, now 14, and her brother, Oscar, were walking across the San Ysidro Port of Entry from Mexico to their school in the U.S. when they were stopped by Border Patrol officers. Agents said Julia Medina didn't look like her passport photo so the children were detained. Curiel ruled that violated CBP policy by 1) interviewing a child without a witness and 2) failing to record the interview.

The girl and her family told Telemundo 20, NBC 7's sister station, they hope the payout serves as a wake-up call for the border agency so other families won't endure the trauma they did.

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