Laura Maradiaga, left, with family members in the park. By Timothy Bella Timothy Bella Deputy editor for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow April 12 at 7:22 AM Unlike her time growing up in El Salvador, Laura Maradiaga is not paralyzed with the constant fear of murder in Houston. The 11-year-old can walk to Fondren Middle School to study multiplication tables and English or relax with her mom, older sister and Lalo, the family dog, at the playground near their apartment.
The child’s solo deportation is all due to a clerical error, her attorneys argue, in part caused when the government shutdown earlier this year forced the court to reschedule her family’s court dates. Posted by KHOU 11 News on Thursday, April 11, 2019 Laura’s case comes as a flood of Central American migrants make their way to the border to seek asylum, while the Trump administration fights, so far unsuccessfully in court, to force those pursuing asylum to wait in Mexico.
Judge Clarease Rankin Yates of the Houston Immigration Court had marked the girl as “not present” at the March 12 hearing. Neither Laura’s mother nor sister are listed on the order, which is signed by Yates. “No good cause was given for Respondent’s failure to appear at the hearing,” the order reads. “Therefore, the Respondent has abandoned any and all forms of relief from removal.”
“I hope the judge can see it was a clear mistake on behalf of the court,” Mintz said. “I don’t think it was ill-intentioned, but it shows how overworked these courts are.”A request for comment to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the branch of the Justice Department that handled her case, was not returned late Thursday.
Ah, Republicans: the party of family values.
Deport them
TimBella adios
Good.
Good. Send the whole family. Wouldn't want them separated.
Before we continue down these dark paths - know who’s on both sides.
how could a judge be so stupid I protest at stupid laws. NZ will give her sanctuary we are lucky to have NZ sailing so close to shock us into reality why is Australia so stupid.
BYE
The hieght of stupidity. When, again when will common sense and compassion take control over the racist actions coming from the Administration? This is, and always has been, America and the return to the values and hope that we have always stood for.
Good. Deport !
Law is the law. Illegal is illegal
How many children did Obama hand over to human traffickers? We’ll never know because the fake news media could not have cared less about it.
Disgraceful
if she is here illegally, she has to go back.
This is why our system is messed up.
Another of Trump's mess
No child should be sent to their potential death by gang violence due to a clerical error. Reading this is heartbreaking. She’s 11. ELEVEN.
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