Undocumented Immigrant loses custody of son to foster parents

An undocumented parent, who had her son taken away from her when she was imprisoned, had been fighting to regain custody for 5 years... but the judge ruled her an 'unfit' mother for "smuggling herself into a country illegally and committing crimes in this country"

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what do you guys think of the ruling? If you were Carlitos ten years later, would you resent or agree with your foster parents?

I would like to know what sort of crimes she committed in this country other than being an illegal immigrant. I can only make a fair assessment after knowing the illegal crimes committed.

You can't talk about a case if you don't have any details on it.

For all I know this kid could have been mal-nutritioned, starved, abused or abandoned home alone without a baby sitter while the mother was at work and etc.

If it was the case above, the kid would go into another family's custody regardless of immigration status.

Judging from the wording, we can assume that she did in fact do something criminal. Better for the kids if any of them was born outside of US, they won't have to deal with the shit we had to.

I googled her name and it looks like she was caught in a raid. I'm guessing the criminal charges had something to do with fake documents.

I agree. It's unclear what crimes she committed, apart from entering the country illegally. I wish they would give more detail, as far as that goes.

Sad thing is that the media might not be putting other crimes that she did on purpose so to magnify the fact that she is illegal. That alone could damage the reputations of every undocumented immigrant here that is also a parent, which really will not help with our cause.
I mean..as if we don't have a lot of people againsts us already to begin with.

It tough to tell without knowing what it was she did exactly. But I am also lead to question why is it that her other two daughters are in Guatemala. Was it that they never came to the country with her? Did she abandon them? Too many unknowns...

Wow, this case appears to have been judged with a conflict of interest as the lady's lawyer was hired by the adoptive parents.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michel..._b_817191.html

"Her lawyer was hired by her son's future adoptive parents, demonstrating a clear conflict of interest. And, despite Encarnación's clear desire to be reunited with her son, a court found her to have abandoned him. Her parental rights were terminated, and Carlos was adopted. Encarnación's case is complicated, involving the failures of multiple systems, but had Encarnación's right to due process been upheld, none of this would have happened. She would have been able to present her case in court, and Carlos would still be with her."

is this the Golden Child?