Overview
- Under expedited removal, Hernandez cannot seek bond or a formal hearing and faces fast-tracked deportation to El Salvador.
- He lost his DACA protections on June 1 after crossing into Mexico without advance parole when he missed an exit in San Ysidro.
- Attorney Valerie Sigamani lodged an FBI complaint accusing Customs and Border Protection officers of demanding an $800 bribe to readmit Hernandez.
- The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Professional Responsibility has begun reviewing the corruption allegation against CBP agents.
- Hernandez’s U.S. citizen wife is now caring for their young daughter alone as she prepares for the arrival of their son in August.