Adoption Could Occur For Children Whose Parents Were Deported

Recent media reports have revealed that migrant children are being adopted by American families without the knowledge of their parents who were deported. There are various genuine court documents that prove these claims. These children who were once initially separated from their parents were now attached to other families after a legal process was undertaken.

Separation of Alexa from Her Mother

The recent report highlighted the case of Alexa Ramosa who fled from her birth country of El Salvador with her mother. Alexa and her mother Araceli were running away from the abusive father. Once they got to the border, the two were denied entry on basis that Araceli had a criminal record. The two were then separated with Alexa being placed in foster care and her mother in detention.

Araceli is Forced to Leave Alexa Behind Due to Lack of a Lawyer

Months later, Araceli was unable to get a lawyer to help her table her request to seek asylum in the US. Before she left, she says she was forced to sign a document that showed her agreement to leave her child behind. According to the law, if a parent leaves a child behind before they are deported; the child can be permanently adopted by another family. Sadly, this law affects even these children who do not know where their parents went.

 

The Court Overturns an Order to Return Alexa to Her Mother

However, with Alexa's case, various institutions knew of her mother and they asked the family in which she was placed to return her to her mother. The family is said to have ignored all these requests and instead went to court to overturn the order to return Alexa to her mother. They centered their argument on the claim that the girl would be abused if she returned back to her family in El Salvador. Their request went through and they were allowed to be the guardians of Alexa by a judge in Michigan.

The Push for Alexa's Return

However, social media and the government of Salvador pushed for Alexa's return which was done in February 2017. The judge was found to have gone against the federal law when he granted guardianship. This case revealed the problems that exist in immigration and how the federal law at times clashes with the state law.

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