Thread: RI High court upholds removal of two children from illegal

High court upholds removal of two children from illegal immigrant

01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, July 20, 2008

By Scott MacKay

Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — Rosalia Lopez-Navor entered the United States illegally from Mexico in 2003, bringing her two-year-old son and the old dream of generations of immigrants: starting a new life in America.

She landed in Rhode Island, where her dream was shattered and chaos enveloped her life.

Now, a recent Rhode Island Supreme Court decision has cost Lopez-Navor her two children.

She came to Rhode Island via the Arizona border to join her boyfriend, Raul DeRosas-Quintero, who was then living illegally in Rhode Island.

In testimony in Rhode Island Family Court, Lopez-Navor said she met DeRosas-Quintero when she was 15 and he was 22. DeRosas-Quintero left Mexico in January 2001, and Lopez-Navor stayed in Mexico, pregnant with his child.

In August 2003, Lopez-Navor, with the boy she named Alexis, followed her boyfriend to Rhode Island.

DeRosas-Quintero paid “coyotesâ€

In this case, the children should be turned over to MEXICAN authorities for placement in custody of the government of MEXICO. This isn't right that taxpayers have to now take care of these kids until they are 18 years old. Yes, it's horrible that their parents were child-abusers, but the Mexican government should step to take care of these kids. Again, instead of being so busy issuing Matricula Consulars and aiding/abetting illegal Mexicans...

WHERE'S LA RAZA, LULAC, MALDEF, MECHA AND THE MEXICAN CONSULATES WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING KIDS LIKE THESE? GEE, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.