Tougher rules on policing illegal immigrants

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Luz Maria Diaz knew what happened to illegal immigrants at the Wake County jail. But her teenage daughters didn’t.

So when the girls were arrested after fighting on their high school campus in September, they freely admitted that they were born in Mexico. Detention officers at the jail checked their immigration status and promptly handed them over to federal authorities.

Now Diana, 16, and her sister, Yolanda, 18, are battling to stay in the country.

‘I never thought this could happen ... for a simple fight,’ their mother said. ‘I was in shock.’

Read more of this report from Anna Gorman here.-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City.