NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol
said Friday that agents acted appropriately during the videotaped arrest
of a woman who was pulled away from her anguished daughters on a street
in Southern California.
The
agency said 36-year-old Perla Morales Luna recruited drivers to take
people who crossed the border illegally to a house in National City,
near San Diego.
The agency put her in deportation proceedings and is not pursuing smuggling charges.
Video of the woman being pulled from her daughters on
March 3 in the San Diego suburb had drawn nearly 10 million views on
Facebook by Friday afternoon. At least one person can be heard crying
uncontrollably as agents forced Morales-Luna into a vehicle and drove
away.
The woman's attorney,
Andres Moreno II, said agents left the daughters - 17, 15 and 12 - alone
on the street. The children, all U.S. citizens, are now living with
family in the San Diego area.
Source: wpxi
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