And note that the e-mail doesn’t say “these people were “asked” to pay $300/head for the paperwork that was requested”. It says “they were asked to pay $300 a head for the children to cross the border”. Big difference. There’s not any evidence at all that anyone with authority to provide the legally required documentation for these children to be taken out of the country, ever offered to provide it at any price. Somebody at the border offered to let them cross in spite of not having the legally required paperwork, as long as the somebody got a big wad of cash.
......crickets chirping.........