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Tough story: Missouri court upholds the private adoption of Guatemalan child after the mom was arrested in an immigration raid

Posted by spamlet Jul 19 '12, 05:37

My first sense is outrage that the mom's rights were completely taken away. However, the child was 7 months old and the only parents he has known has been the American couple that adopted him after the raid. He only speaks English and his mom speaks only Spanish and is being deported to Guatemala as soon as the case his over. He's an American citizen having been born here.

Do you send him back to a country he doesn't know and take him away from the only family he's ever known? Or do you say that this is an extraordinary circumstance and that the mother never intentionally left him and she should have the right to get him back and take him to Guatemala?

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-gives-mo-couple-custody-of-illegal-immigrant-s-child/article_8d7ca32d-94e9-54f4-91a8-7512476da753.html (www.stltoday.com)

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my gut response says to send him back with his mom. -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 06:14
So they deported the mom, but left the infant here? - amoxy Jul 19, 05:59 11
- He's a citizen. He probably can't be deported forcibly. -- nm - spamlet Jul 19, 06:01 8
  - Something is very wrong when they forcibly take away a 7 month old infant from a mother -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 06:02 7
    - It sounds like she was arrested and the kid went to family members before ending up with the American couple. - spamlet Jul 19, 06:04 6
      - This 2 year old article has the details -- (link) - Roger More Jul 19, 06:17
      - Like I said below...what if she didn't fight the deportation...I'd bet she and her son would be living together in Guatemala right now. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 06:05 4
        
        Her sentence for using a fake SSN was two years imprisonment, followed by deportation. I don't think she did fight the deportation -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 06:21 3
        
        I'm curious as to what would have happened to a 6 month old child to an American mother who got sentenced to 2 years for...I don't know...robbery or - Jim Jul 19, 06:26 2
        
        And that would be equally tragic. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 06:33
        
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- The child was born in the US. Can he be deported? -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 06:00 1
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It should be mentioned that he's now 5 years old. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 05:42 12
- He's five, but his mother has been challenging the adoption for four years. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 05:48 10
  - Right. But to me a 5 year old vs say an 18 month old...is different in this situation. For me. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 05:51 9
    - Yeah, but my point is that after a case, an appeal where the case is sent back to the lower court, saying the adoption was improper... - Roger More Jul 19, 05:59 7
      - After the raid that busted the mom...could she have just said, "Fine, send me and my son back to Guatemala?" I mean, the family members passed the - Jim Jul 19, 06:02 6
        
        He was put up for adoption without her consent. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 06:10 5
        
        Unfortunately, her own sister kinda caused that. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 06:24 4
        
        I agree it's unfortunate, but do her rights as a parent end because of what her sister did? -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 06:26 2
        
        I don't know...what rights do parents still have in jail? -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 06:27 1
        
        Come on - are you really 100% comfortable with the decision? - Roger More Jul 19, 06:52
        
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    - RM is saying that he wouldn't *be* five and disputed had they given the child back at the onset of this. I'm not disagreeing with you. -- nm - amanda Jul 19, 05:58
- Yeah, I forgot that. -- nm - spamlet Jul 19, 05:42

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