Illegal emigrants and non-custodial fathers have something in common: Their kids are arbitrarily abducted by the family court
The town of Chatino
system.. or the lack of it.
Actually, in the case of Cirila Balthazar Cruz, unlike Bail Romero’s, it was not even a family court judge who played God with parent rights, it was originally a social worker. Cirila Balthazar Cruz is a Mexican immigrant from Oaxaca and lives in Pascagoula (Mississipi). She has the bad fortune to give birth to a baby girl in the local hospital. However, Cirila Balthazar Cruz does not speak Spanish, but Chatino, a Zacapotec language spoken in the State of Oaxaca. Hence the Puerto Rican social worker entendi nada and… got pretty resentful about it. Verdict: unfit to be a mother. That’s enough for the very sensitive and open-minded hospital authorities: the baby girl is placed for adoption with an affluent local family, while the mother faced deportation. Cindy Von Quednow, the Colorlinesblog reporter, does not peep about the role of Pascagoula family court in the story. Obviously, its absence was deafening…
Again, I hope David Goldman will soon be reunited with his son. David Goldman’s case should teach lawmakers and politicians, especially those screaming at Brazil’s non respect of an international convention on abduction: There are blatant cases of abductions going on in the US, by family courts or while family courts looked the other way.
Hat tip: Laura Martinez
This is absolutely unbelievable! Where are the children’s rights?
My husband’s ex-wife can chase their teen daughter with a car, mentally abuse the child, and write all over online that she wants to murder my husband. My husband called the police and an attorney. The police said, “If the child is afraid she should call 911.” Seriously? So, a mother can chase her child down with a car and that’s legal? Irony: The mother is a case worker who gets to monitor parents who have their children removed from the home and make a recommendation as to whether the parent should get the child back? Where in the world is the justice? Obviously not in the American UN-justice system!
Keep up the great work, I love your blog!