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King_Hellebuyck
05/12/19 9:06:41 AM
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https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/immigrant-mom-loses-effort-regain-son-us-parents/story?id=16803067

In a controversial case that involved the rights of illegal immigrants and their young children, a Guatemalan mother lost her effort today to get back the five-year old son who was taken away from her after her arrest on immigration charges and put up for adoption in Missouri despite her objections.

A Missouri judge ruled the boy should stay with the Missouri couple, Melinda and Seth Moser, who took him into their home five years ago while his mother was in federal custody, where she attempted in vain to oppose the adoption proceedings.

"Nobody could help me because I don't speak English," said Encarnacion Bail Romero in an interview with ABC News.

The child, born as Carlos but renamed Jamison by the Mosers, has been with his adoptive parents in Carthage, Missouri since the age of 11 months.

The judge said the biological mother had no rights to even see her child, according to the mother's lawyer.

Asked if the Mosers would allow Bail Romero to see the child, the Mosers' attorney, Joseph Hensley, said the couple was "not willing to comment on that at this time."

'We're extremely happy about the decision," said Hensley, who also noted that the decision "really puts the biological mom in a difficult decision in terms of staying in this country."

The ruling today reaffirmed the original decision by another Missouri judge who terminated the parental rights of Bail Romero, stating that "illegally smuggling herself into the country is not a lifestyle that can provide any stability for the child."

The Missouri Supreme Court called the initial decision a "travesty of justice" and ordered a review of the case by a second judge.

Appearing outside the courtroom with tears in her eyes, the biological mother declined to comment.

Her lawyer, Curtis Woods, said he would appeal the decision of the judge who he said ruled Encarnacion Bail Romero's parental rights had been terminated because she had abandoned him while she was incarcerated.

"I am very disappointed in the decision," said Woods.

The judge handed down the decision in a courtroom closed to all but the parties involved and their lawyers. There was no translator provided by the court today for the Guatemalan woman, who speaks only a little English.

The ruling allows the formal adoption proceedings by the Mosers to proceed.

The Mosers left the court without speaking to reporters, but they had previously argued in court that they could best provide for the boy and that they were the only parents that he knew.

"I could not love him more, had he come out of me physically," Melinda Moser said in an earlier interview.

The biological mother was arrested in 2007 on an immigration raid at a chicken processing plant in Missouri and has not seen her son since.

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AlisLandale
05/12/19 9:10:39 AM
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This was in 2012. Wonder whats been going on since.

The adoptive family comes off as kind of skeevy for renaming the child though, idk.
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Ilishe
05/12/19 9:11:15 AM
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Travesty of justice, that's accurate
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Vicious_Dios
05/12/19 9:12:21 AM
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AlisLandale posted...
This was in 2012. Wonder whats been going on since.

The adoptive family comes off as kind of skeevy for renaming the child though, idk.


Thanks, Obama.
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King_Hellebuyck
05/12/19 9:17:19 AM
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AlisLandale posted...
This was in 2012. Wonder whats been going on since.

Oh shit it is. A few friends posted it this morning and apparently Im too asleep to notice dates.
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Sphyx
05/12/19 9:17:51 AM
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America's answer to the Stolen Generations?
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nemu
05/12/19 9:18:55 AM
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Seems like a no-win situation really. Take the kid away from them, you're essentially ripping him away from his parents. Leave the kid, you're depriving a mother of her child. I'd say best scenario for the kid is leave him with his adoptive parents. He's old enough that ripping him away from that life could probably mess him up quite badly at this point.
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marc55
05/12/19 9:25:37 AM
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those waste of human beings who took him away are probably going to make the kid believe his mother abandoned him but he was stolen

the mother fought on the courts for 7 years to try to get him back(up until 2014) ...

and now some parents were separated from their childrens and deported without them so there is a huge risk this happens again
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solosnake
05/12/19 9:29:57 AM
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marc55 posted...
those waste of human beings who took him away are probably going to make the kid believe his mother abandoned him but he was stolen

the mother fought on the courts for 7 years to try to get him back(up until 2014) ...

and now some parents were separated from their childrens and deported without them so there is a huge risk this happens again

lol, this isnt an isolated case at all. Quite common sadly
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YourDrunkFather
05/12/19 9:31:34 AM
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Obama's America
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Snip-N-Snails
05/12/19 9:34:58 AM
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Very sad situation but as hes already been living there for 5 years since he was 11 months it does seem like his life would be better with the adopted parents.
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solosnake
05/12/19 9:36:10 AM
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Snip-N-Snails posted...
Very sad situation but as hes already been living there for 5 years since he was 11 months it does seem like his life would be better with the adopted parents.

I really dont agree with this logic lol.
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OctaviaMelody69
05/12/19 9:38:35 AM
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AlisLandale posted...
This was in 2012. Wonder whats been going on since.

The adoptive family comes off as kind of skeevy for renaming the child though, idk.


I wouldn't say so, the infant was 11 months old.

Regardless, this is a fucking tragic case but the boy is over 5 years old at this point. Surrendering him to his biological mother would potentially cause him grief and confusion.
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marc55
05/12/19 10:03:56 AM
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Snip-N-Snails posted...
Very sad situation but as hes already been living there for 5 years since he was 11 months it does seem like his life would be better with the adopted parents.


when kid was stolen he was only 1 year old and thats when the mother started to fight for him

he shouldve been sent back with her back then because she never gave him up

this is the worst part about this because i doubt they told the kid " your mom wanted you back when you were a baby but we stopped her !"
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thronedfire2
05/12/19 10:05:31 AM
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karlpilkington4
05/12/19 10:20:59 AM
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Illegal Immigrant mom loses effort to regain son given to an American family

Fixed the title for ya tc. Get some sleep.
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Rika_Furude
05/12/19 10:28:36 AM
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If she cared for her son so much why did she go and get herself arrested. Immigrate legally, please. The biological mother is terrible for causing this situation to begin with.
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BignutzisBack
05/12/19 10:30:13 AM
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marc55
05/12/19 10:30:56 AM
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Rika_Furude posted...
If she cared for her son so much why did she go and get herself arrested. Immigrate legally, please. The biological mother is terrible for causing this situation to begin with.

she didnt cause it

the ones who stole the child from her did
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codey
05/12/19 10:35:28 AM
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Who the fuck renames a child they adopt

The level of disrespect is ridiculous
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nemu
05/12/19 10:39:29 AM
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codey posted...
Who the fuck renames a child they adopt

The level of disrespect is ridiculous

I could see that being an issue if the kid had any conception of his own name, but he was under a year old. It's not like a name is some sacred, immutable concept.
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marc55
05/12/19 10:41:02 AM
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she probably hates her brother with a good reason too

she left the kid with him while at work and he left it with some friends who were the ones to put the kid for adoption.....

didnt know there were laws allowing people to put someone else kid for adoption
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codey
05/12/19 10:42:58 AM
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nemu posted...
codey posted...
Who the fuck renames a child they adopt

The level of disrespect is ridiculous

I could see that being an issue if the kid had any conception of his own name, but he was under a year old. It's not like a name is some sacred, immutable concept.


The kid's name is a direct tie to his heritage, and they named changed it to Jamison.
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King_Hellebuyck
05/12/19 10:43:44 AM
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BignutzisBack posted...
YourDrunkFather posted...
Obama's America

The Obama Administration wasnt kind to immigrants, which is what makes it so insane to hear Trumpers act like he had open borders
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Coastal_elite
05/12/19 10:43:50 AM
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She should appeal all the way to SCOTUS.

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Thomas will salivate at the thought of kicking out yet another brown kid out of the country and therefore give the kid to the legitimate mom.
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codey
05/12/19 10:48:39 AM
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Sad thing is, this has stuck. There's no updates on the story since 2012, and the only articles I found it mentioned in just use it as an example.
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marc55
05/12/19 10:49:07 AM
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Coastal_elite posted...
She should appeal all the way to SCOTUS.

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Thomas will salivate at the thought of kicking out yet another brown kid out of the country and therefore give the kid to the legitimate mom.


she did in 2014 and lost again
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DirkDiggles
05/12/19 10:53:01 AM
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This was straight up governmental kidnapping. I'm alright with deportation, but splitting up families to do so is vile.
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marc55
05/12/19 10:58:21 AM
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DirkDiggles posted...
This was straight up governmental kidnapping. I'm alright with deportation, but splitting up families to do so is vile.


the story is being used as a reminder the government can steal children a
i read about 400+ parents who were deported without their children
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Coastal_elite
05/12/19 11:09:16 AM
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marc55 posted...
Coastal_elite posted...
She should appeal all the way to SCOTUS.

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Thomas will salivate at the thought of kicking out yet another brown kid out of the country and therefore give the kid to the legitimate mom.


she did in 2014 and lost again


too bad kavanaugh and gorsuch weren't around back then, she'd have won. Kav's majority opinion would have been something like "down with brown" LOL
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marc55
05/12/19 11:12:54 AM
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Coastal_elite posted...
marc55 posted...
Coastal_elite posted...
She should appeal all the way to SCOTUS.

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Thomas will salivate at the thought of kicking out yet another brown kid out of the country and therefore give the kid to the legitimate mom.


she did in 2014 and lost again


too bad kavanaugh and gorsuch weren't around back then, she'd have won. Kav's majority opinion would have been something like "down with brown" LOL


but ive read they are being given papers to sign without informing them whats all about ........so many may end up giving up their childrens without knowing
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GasMonkey
05/12/19 11:14:03 AM
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you all starting to see that maybe america was never great to start with? it has been a shitshow from the start.
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King_Hellebuyck
05/12/19 11:22:43 AM
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Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.
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CommonStar
05/12/19 11:39:42 AM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.

Yeah that is pretty shady. And the judge saying she has no rights to see her son? Like wtf.
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karlpilkington4
05/12/19 11:41:09 AM
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CommonStar posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.

Yeah that is pretty shady. And the judge saying she has no rights to see her son? Like wtf.


She's literally entered this country illegally. What rights is she suppose to have? She's not suppose to be here.
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marc55
05/12/19 11:43:19 AM
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karlpilkington4 posted...
CommonStar posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.

Yeah that is pretty shady. And the judge saying she has no rights to see her son? Like wtf.


She's literally entered this country illegally. What rights is she suppose to have? She's not suppose to be here.

all of them
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solosnake
05/12/19 11:44:57 AM
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karlpilkington4 posted...
CommonStar posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.

Yeah that is pretty shady. And the judge saying she has no rights to see her son? Like wtf.


She's literally entered this country illegally. What rights is she suppose to have? She's not suppose to be here.

Shouldnt mess with the empire or you might lose your kids. Its your fault if you dont know english really

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Zikten
05/12/19 11:45:21 AM
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That kid will grow up and learn the truth and fucking despise his adopted parents. I hope someday he can find his mom when he's like 20 or something
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karlpilkington4
05/12/19 11:47:14 AM
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marc55 posted...
karlpilkington4 posted...
CommonStar posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.

Yeah that is pretty shady. And the judge saying she has no rights to see her son? Like wtf.


She's literally entered this country illegally. What rights is she suppose to have? She's not suppose to be here.

all of them


In her country, I'm sure she has plenty of rights. This isn't her country.
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Kami_no_Kami
05/12/19 11:58:55 AM
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nemu posted...
Seems like a no-win situation really. Take the kid away from them, you're essentially ripping him away from his parents. Leave the kid, you're depriving a mother of her child. I'd say best scenario for the kid is leave him with his adoptive parents. He's old enough that ripping him away from that life could probably mess him up quite badly at this point.


Honestly, that last part will happen either way. The first time he googles his name (he probably already has) will tell him who he really is. Even if his adoptive parents have been open with him about this, the first person who googles his name at any school, any work-place, any social circle will also see who he really is.
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spudger
05/12/19 12:01:21 PM
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after 5 years it might be more harmful to the child to be removed from the only family they remember.

I could see granting visitation rights

its a tough issue because both sides have valid claims

this kid will probably have a better life here than back in its native country, however.
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josifrees
05/12/19 12:03:53 PM
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marc55 posted...
those waste of human beings who took him away are probably going to make the kid believe his mother abandoned him but he was stolen


This is exactly what happens in these children camps. Tell a kid separated from their parents that their parents abandoned them. Even if they are reunited the damage has been done
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CommonStar
05/12/19 12:17:09 PM
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josifrees posted...
marc55 posted...
those waste of human beings who took him away are probably going to make the kid believe his mother abandoned him but he was stolen


This is exactly what happens in these children camps. Tell a kid separated from their parents that their parents abandoned them. Even if they are reunited the damage has been done

The damage was completely caused by our legal system. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously that her legal rights as a parent were wrongly terminated. It was the lower courts that pushed for a retrial leaving the custody/adoption of the child in limbo for many years instead of immediately awarding the mother custody of the child. Not to mention that her son was put up for adoption while she was in jail lacking any legal representation.
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DirkDiggles
05/12/19 12:43:48 PM
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karlpilkington4 posted...
CommonStar posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Pretty fucked up how there wasnt even a translator in the court room for her.

Yeah that is pretty shady. And the judge saying she has no rights to see her son? Like wtf.


She's literally entered this country illegally. What rights is she suppose to have? She's not suppose to be here.


Basic human rights? This isn's suppose to be 1930's Nazi Germany.
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King_Hellebuyck
05/12/19 12:47:09 PM
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Its weird how many people are in favor of state sponsored kidnapping
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Coastal_elite
05/12/19 6:27:38 PM
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Do the parents even like the kid?

The obvious answer is 'yes', but don't forget Laura Ingraham adopted a Guatemalan girl and then became a white supremacist and adopted 2 (3?) russian kids to make up for it.

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Rika_Furude
05/12/19 11:34:02 PM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Its weird how many people are in favor of state sponsored kidnapping

Its weird how you dumb down a complex case to drivel like this
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hockeybub89
05/12/19 11:36:29 PM
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Imagine fleeing your homeland to help your family and then getting your children ripped from you and being called an unsuitable parent for it.
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05/12/19 11:39:02 PM
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DirkDiggles
05/12/19 11:48:05 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Its weird how many people are in favor of state sponsored kidnapping

Its weird how you dumb down a complex case to drivel like this


How did he dumb it down? Call a spade a spade. It's state ran kidnapping, or are you saying that drug addicts and violent criminals who end up getting their children back more responsible than a lady who crossed our border illegally?
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