This story must make immigrant bashers, like Presidential candidate Lou Dobbs, just giddy. Actually, Dobbs should turn this into a t.v. ad to show just how tough he wants to be on immigrants -- ripping breast-feeding illegal immigrants mothers from their American citizen children:
Federal immigration agents were searching a house in Ohio last month when they found a young Honduran woman nursing her baby.
The woman, Saída Umanzor, is an illegal immigrant and was taken to jail to await deportation. Her 9-month-old daughter, Brittney Bejarano, who was born in the United States and is a citizen, was put in the care of social workers.
The decision to separate a mother from her breast-feeding child drew strong denunciations from Hispanic and women’s health groups. Last week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency rushed to issue new guidelines on the detention of nursing mothers, allowing them to be released unless they pose a national security risk.
National security risk. Yeah, the Bush administration is so good at sorting out national security risks.
