On Dec. 12, the driver of a car carrying migrants from Ukraine and Tajikistan disobeyed an officer's requests to provide id and smacked the officer's hand with a car door mirror as he accelerated past him. This is merely one case out of more than 8,600 Russians who have crossed the Mexico border illegally into the US just in the recent months.
It was one of the most horrifying experiences of Maksim Derzhko's life. Historically a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he travelled with his 14-year-old daughter from Vladivostok to Tijuana, Mexico, in a car with seven other Russians. All that stood between them and requesting refuge in the United States was a US officer stuck in traffic as cars approached screening booths, reports abc News.
The emotions are “hard to put into words," he says. "It's fear. The unknown. It's really hard. We had no choice."
The bet paid off. Derzkho was released after a day in custody to claim refuge with his daughter in America, joining tho...
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