New Mexico AG sues for return of teen forced to cross border by foster care staff
· KRGV (NBC 5)
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed a lawsuit against the state's Children, Youth and Families Department after a 15-year-old American citizen was allegedly forced by staff to cross the border into Mexico to reunite with his mother. The incident occurred on July 6, when the child was driven to El Paso, Texas, and instructed to walk across the border alone. After failing to find his mother, he returned to the U.S. and was left with Texas authorities. Torrez's office is seeking a restraining order to prevent future similar reunifications without court approval, citing systemic failures in the foster care system.
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