Woman sues Federal Government for $5 million for deporting daughter

[Gio Takahashi]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas ? A woman whose American-born daughter was deported to Mexico with the father is suing the federal government for $5 million.

Texas native Monica Castro accuses the U.S. Border Patrol of refusing to release her daughter to her when the girl's father was arrested in December 2003.

Despite proving the child was born in the U.S., Castro says officials took the girl from Lubbock to the Texas-Mexico border.

Castro did not find and regain custody of her daughter until three years later.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Corpus Christi is handling the case. They declined to comment. In court documents, the federal government contends the Border Patrol was acting within its discretion to allow a father to take his daughter to Mexico. The government also says it has sovereign immunity from Castro's suit.

A federal court in Corpus Christi dismissed Castro's case last year. Attorneys from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid are appealing the dismissal to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

source (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363433,00.html)

That's quite lame

[tjkitsune]

well, the government makes mistakes.. However, they probably didn't have proof she was a US citizen at the time since they said it was 3 years until she was able to come back to the US. There's alot of legal documents to go through and checkup on that the government would have to go look back on for her to come back. They probably were checking to make sure her credentials weren't stolen. And what if she went willingly with her father? Might be a rebuttal between the family as to where she wants to go.. Stay with mom in the US, or go back with dad to Mexico. I'd be suspicious and say there's more to the story here then what's being reported. Alot of "Ifs" to go through.