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U.S. Border Agents Seen On Video Trying To Deport A Man Who 'Looks Mexican'

Two agents are shown trying to send an injured and apparently incoherent man across the border apparently without following established procedures, according to NBC News.
A screenshot of a video showing U.S. Border Patrol agents attempting to instruct an injured man to cross the U.S. border into Mexico, apparently violating international laws.

U.S. Border Patrol agents were caught on camera trying to ditch an injured and apparently incoherent man across the Mexican border because they said he "looks" Mexican, according to NBC News.

In the nearly eight-minute , spoken entirely in Spanish, the unidentified agents can be heard claiming the handcuffed man is not in their custody and that they are not required to process him through

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