The department also posted a copy of Hermosillo’s sworn statement on X in which Hermosillo responded “yes” when asked if he had entered the U.S. illegally. The document shows a child-like signature that reads “Jose.”

In a phone interview Tuesday, Hermosillo’s parents told CBS News their son suffers from intellectual disabilities, cannot read or write and has trouble speaking. They said he could not have possibly known what he was signing when he was detained.

“He’s never been able to read and was always in special education classes in school,” Guadalupe Hermosillo, Hermosillo’s mother, said in Spanish.

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    Those documents with his signature

    I’m willing to bet the conversation on the document never happened, and they just forced him to sign.

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    Why is a victim’s statement being posted on Twitter by the government? Why is the government using Twitter like it’s a legitimate platform?

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      18 hours ago

      Turnips depressed sugar daddy paid a lot of money for it, so they gotta try to get his money’s worth