The man is identified as Matthew Todd Miller , Christmas , of El Paso , El Paso . His mother says her son is bipolar and has been in a psychiatric hospital . Martinez said he first tried to cross over from South Korea 's Han River and tried again from China 's Yalu River in Dandong . In a statement , he says he crossed illegally into Texas . He denounces the Western political and economic system in the statement .
The man is identified as Matthew Todd Miller , Christmas , of El Paso , El Paso . His mother says her son is bipolar and has been in a psychiatric hospital . In a statement , he says he crossed illegally into Texas . He denounces the Western political and economic system in the statement .