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And DFCS came back in November 2008 for her fifth child, Debbi, just 14 days old.

“I begged them not to take my baby,” said Domitina Mendez, 24, “but the interpreter told me to calm down or it was going to be worse.”

Since then, the five children have been cared for by a foster family who wants to adopt them, even as the Mendezes try to regain custody.

A hearing to have their case reopened is set for Thursday in Whitfield County Juvenile Court after a June 2011 ruling that terminated their parental rights.

In her ruling, Judge Connie Blaylock said she didn’t believe the parents could care adequately for the five children with their complicated medical needs and the dozens of medical appointments they require every month.

But advocates working with the family believe their inability to speak English and their illegal status were the main factors that led to the rights termination.

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Dalton couple fights to regain custody of their five children | timesfreepress.com

yeah, you know what? I think this has less to do with them speaking spanish, and more to do with that big bolded part up there— US citizens want some children. And what better way to get some cheap home made kids without having to worry about birth family contact attempts or wait for years and years?

fuck this shit. fuck it all.

(via midwestmountainmama)

This is so fucked. They target women like this. Why are they taking her 14 day old child anyways, how you neglect your child in 14 days? Oh, they already deemed her unfit to reproduce on her own terms. And yea, I’m sure wanting to adopt families needs trump the mothers, all because of U.S. citizen status, language, and race if the adopting family is white. Whoever said those weren’t factors in the article are lying and enough evidence supports this all plays a huge effect in the judgement of these cases. 

(via strugglingtobeheard)

*lights torch* Fuck this shit…

(via liquornspice)

Bullshit this is the CASE STUDY in bullshit

(via blackamazon)

how can anyone think that separating a 14 day old baby from its primary mama/caregiver could POSSIBLY be a good idea? even if they gave all her children back tomorrow, that shit would be some longstanding trauma. my god. i cant even IMAGINE. fuck all of this.

 Via Merf. Thinking is Hard.
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    how can anyone think that separating a 14 day old baby from its primary mama/caregiver could POSSIBLY be a good idea?...
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    Furthermore - if the state really had the best interests of the children in mind, they would do everything they could to...
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    this is not the first story ive heard like this in the south and its really a same.
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    FUCK ALL OF THIS BS. FUCK THIS, YOU CHILD-STEALING THEIVES.
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    I can’t imagine being those children, especially as they get older, and trying to deal with all the anger that comes...
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    Our system is so beyond broken that it makes me want to cry.
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