Mom says border agent made her lactate

Mom says border agent made her lactate

SAN YSIDRO, Calif., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A young woman says an immigration agent on
the border between Mexico and California forced her to lactate to prove that the
baby she carried was hers.

Zayra Cano, 18, whose legal residence is in San Ysidro, Calif., was returning
from Tijuana with her parents, her fiance and the baby, the San Diego
Union-Tribune reported.

Cano said she was in the back seat breastfeeding when the family arrived at the
border. An agent accused her of child smuggling and told her to produce milk.

"I felt so embarrassed," she said at a news conference with the American Friends
Service Committee.

Cano has filed a complaint.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman told the newspaper the incident
is being investigated. She said inspectors who suspect a baby's identity are
supposed to ask for a birth certificate -- which Cano says she supplied -- and
can demand a secondary inspection.