She didn’t have a valid visa, she was trying to get it renewed.

In the article she explains her lawyer was in San Diego.

That’s not what the article says. She had a valid visa, but was denied entry and the visa revoked because they thought it was “shady” that the visa had been approved after an initial denial. Later, after getting a new job in the states, she flew to Mexico to go to the San Diego immigration office to re-apply since that’s where she had applied before.

Pretty sure they get thrown in jail now smuggling eggs or not