Illegal immigrant gives birth in custody with one leg cuffed to her bed

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I am sure her leg being cuffed was not needed,doubt whether she had the energy to run anywhere!

Of course it wasn't needed. They did it to dehumanize her.

It's what you do to the enemy during war. Mexicans are now the enemy; at least we're treating them that way.

We are ????????????

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

ughhhhhhh...seriously if you are prepared to break the law then you must be prepared to face the consequences of breaking the law. I bet she's setting up her case right now to try to get permanent residence because she was mistreated.

Oh come on...even you should be able to see the stupidity of cuffing the leg of this woman while she laboured to have her baby. Sheesh.

what's that supposed to mean?

the leg cuffing was going too far but don't whine for being arrested if you're pregnant or not if you're illegal

Ambor, being here illegally is not a felony and not an arrestable offense. They can deport you, but they can't throw in jail or imprison you unless the they are holding you for deportation.

they should have sent her back to mexico to have the baby

I will expand on this...now she has a US born baby. probably just what she wanted.

Deportation is actually a legal process; driving someone over the border and dropping them off would be something closer to kidnapping. So the Nashville police should have the power to deport people? Man, that's not going to be good.

More seriously, having a US born baby doesn't actually confer any benefits to the parents. Families get split up by ICE all the time.

Yep - the amount of time legal channels take she would likely have had the baby anyway. As much as people lament the prescence of illegal immigrants - the legal channels for dealing with them are just that. Legal channels.

You can't put a chloroformed pad over someone's face and throw them in a the back of a truck to "expedite" the process.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

You can't put a chloroformed pad over someone's face and throw them in a the back of a truck to "expedite" the process.

Durn libruls!

[Amby 490]

ughhhhhhh...seriously if you are prepared to break the law then you must be prepared to face the consequences of breaking the law. I bet she's setting up her case right now to try to get permanent residence because she was mistreated.

Oh come on...even you should be able to see the stupidity of cuffing the leg of this woman while she laboured to have her baby. Sheesh.

what's that supposed to mean?

the leg cuffing was going too far but don't whine for being arrested if you're pregnant or not if you're illegal

Ambor, being here illegally is not a felony and not an arrestable offense. They can deport you, but they can't throw in jail or imprison you unless the they are holding you for deportation.

they should have sent her back to mexico to have the baby

I will expand on this...now she has a US born baby. probably just what she wanted.

Deportation is actually a legal process; driving someone over the border and dropping them off would be something closer to kidnapping. So the Nashville police should have the power to deport people? Man, that's not going to be good.

More seriously, having a US born baby doesn't actually confer any benefits to the parents. Families get split up by ICE all the time.

still great news for the baby when it grows up

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

If those cops were real patriots, they would have killed that baby before it was born.

By allowing the delivery to even take place, those hick Tennessee cops have destroyed America.

Shame on them.

[rebeccajo 14]

still great news for the baby when it grows up

This judgment from she who is eternally entitled?

[JVKn'CVO 11]

After she was discharged from the hospital, Mrs. Villegas was separated from her nursing infant for two days and barred from taking a breast pump into the jail, her lawyer and a doctor familiar with the case said. Her breasts became infected, and the newborn boy developed jaundice, they said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/us/20immig.html

That's so wrong!

Saludos,

Caro

[Amby 490]

still great news for the baby when it grows up

This judgment from she who is eternally entitled?

oh jesus. just because you're poor and struggling don't take your anger out on me because I'm not struggling. you've already said you're not jealous (OKAY!!!!!!!!!) then why continue? does your life really suck that much?

[rebeccajo 14]

still great news for the baby when it grows up

This judgment from she who is eternally entitled?

oh jesus. just because you're poor and struggling don't take your anger out on me because I'm not struggling. you've already said you're not jealous (OKAY!!!!!!!!!) then why continue? does your life really suck that much?

Grow up little girl. You don't know me.

[warriorprincess 0]

If this story is true, and I believe there is some truth to it, they should have let her have her child with some dignity and at least be allowed to take care of her baby. Any new mother knows that bonding with ones child is very important and emotional. They should have at least given her that. Where could she have run anyway? Child birth takes all your strength and energy.

[Amby 490]

still great news for the baby when it grows up

This judgment from she who is eternally entitled?

oh jesus. just because you're poor and struggling don't take your anger out on me because I'm not struggling. you've already said you're not jealous (OKAY!!!!!!!!!) then why continue? does your life really suck that much?

Grow up little girl. You don't know me.

and you don't know me. so why don't you grow up old lady.

eta: I'd like to stop this hijack and continue this in a PM

Edited July 21, 2008 by Amby

[Chica Yeyé 41]

If this story is true, and I believe there is some truth to it, they should have let her have her child with some dignity and at least be allowed to take care of her baby. Any new mother knows that bonding with ones child is very important and emotional. They should have at least given her that. Where could she have run anyway? Child birth takes all your strength and energy.

I would think so as well sister warriorprincess. Apparently, we are insane.

[rebeccajo 14]

still great news for the baby when it grows up

This judgment from she who is eternally entitled?

oh jesus. just because you're poor and struggling don't take your anger out on me because I'm not struggling. you've already said you're not jealous (OKAY!!!!!!!!!) then why continue? does your life really suck that much?

Grow up little girl. You don't know me.

and you don't know me. so why don't you grow up old lady.

eta: I'd like to stop this hijack and continue this in a PM

If you can't take the heat, Amber, stay out of the kitchen. Okay?

[KarenCee 3]

If this story is true, and I believe there is some truth to it, they should have let her have her child with some dignity and at least be allowed to take care of her baby. Any new mother knows that bonding with ones child is very important and emotional. They should have at least given her that. Where could she have run anyway? Child birth takes all your strength and energy.

I would think so as well sister warriorprincess. Apparently, we are insane.

But we all have to remember...she is an ILLEGAL...she doesn't deserve any consideration just because she was in labour. Dang, where's a sarcastic thingie when you need one?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

If we could only concentrate the masses into camps...put them into train cars.

Thankfully, the best practices document for doing that efficiently to a very large number of people is still in existence... somewhere in Germany.

We could in the meantime, sew a little Mexican flag onto their clothing.