“One of DHS’s apparent fears is that an infant isn’t safe in a home where the mother can articulate a 911 call solely in a language spoken only by some 50,000 Oaxacan Indians.” The Pascagoula, Miss. child protection authorities deny that Cirila Baltazar Cruz’s inability to speak English or Spanish played a major role in the decision to take her baby away from her. [Time magazine via Stossel]
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Well, gee, that makes sense. I guess since I now live in Switzerland and only speak a little German that the Swiss gov’t should come take away my children. And to make matters more complicated, unlike in the US where 911 will get you all emergency services, I need to know 3 or 4 numbers and determine what type of emergency it is before calling one of them.
Clearly, I’m unfit.
5 words:
Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
There’s another way of addressing this problem: don’t let them into the country in the first place.
Who? DHS apparatchiks?
Bob