North Carolina Seeks To Sever Childrens’ Ties to Deportee

From the Applied Research Center:

Over a year ago Felipe Montes was deported to Mexico, away from his wife and three children, the four of whom are U.S. Citizens. Now the North Carolina Division of Social Services (DSS) wants to take his kids away from him forever, claiming that he has no rights to his children because he is a deported immigrant. We only have one week before they petition to strip away Felipe’s parental rights in court.

Help us save Felipe’s family.

The Applied Research Center is partnering with Presente.org to rally public support for Felipe Montes to be reunited with his three young sons. ARC’s “Shattered Familes” report showed there are over 5,000 children currently in foster care who had their parents deported. Another 15,000 could be separated from their parents forever in the next five years. This is a growing national problem – and not one confined to border states.

Felipe’s family is one of thousands of families devasted by immigration enforcement and child welfare systems that collide and greatly increase the chance that children will never see their families again. If enough of us speak out, we may be able to stop this.

Next week, Allegheny County’s DSS in North Carolina is planning to ask a judge to let them terminate Felipe’s parental rights and put his children up for adoption. We have a chance to prevent these three children from being separated from their family and possibly spark a national movement to keep this from happening again.

Please sign this petition to tell North Carolina’s DSS to save Felipe’s family:
http://presente.org/felipeschildren

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