Run for the border

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a strange but true story,

2 future MLB players living in San Diego, who were both USA citizens, with a Mexican back ground. Summer team played in a tournament in Mexico and when trying to re enter the USA. The 2 players were told they were illegals and were not allowed in the USA without proper paperwork from border control. Both players were 16 at the time, and were left in Mexico and had to jump the fence to get back into the USA.

Future trips to play baseball in Mexico were ended

5/3/061:21 PM

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FutureBack.Mom1,000+ posts

Hard to believe since the average American citizen who is going to Mexico for any significant purpose (mission work, baseball tourney) would carry their birth certificates with them before crossing the border for that very purpose. The border patrol does not issue anything to give permission to re-enter the states ... at least not here in California ... all the players and/or their coaches would have to do would be to present documentation to the agent at the border. The players' birth certificates would do, and possibly team roster etc to show that the players were originally from the US. We recently went to Mexico on a short mission trip and carried our documentation with us. Also, since we were driving our own vehicles, we got insurance at the border and had to declare the purpose of our trip, etc.

Your story isn't so strange ... something a lot of people would believe could happen ... but not likely true. What youth coach would leave 2 16 year old boys in Mexico to fend for themselves? And why wouldn't they be able to get the tournament directors to help them with the alleged problem? And do you really expect us to believe that the border patrol would just let the kids walk around near the border without supervision, thus giving them lots of opportunities to cross over?

Got any specifics to back up what you said? Something tells me you don't.

5/3/061:49 PM