‘Yo Soy la Mamá’: A Migrant Mother’s Struggle to Get Back Her Son
Deborah Sontag, The New York Times (March 25, 2024)
Olga, a Honduran migrant and mother of two, fled to the U.S. to escape an abusive husband. When her son was taken by his father, physically abused, and removed by the child welfare system in Massachusetts, Olga was denied reunification for over a year because she was not a legal U.S. resident, highlighting the unique vulnerabilities and discrimination faced by undocumented immigrant parents who encounter the child welfare system.
