A campaign to assist this woman is currently underway, I'll post the information when available.
The next court date is November 18, 2009
Jackson County Youth Court
4903 Telephone Rd
Pascagoula, MS 39567
228-696-6501
In a letter to the court, Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno (CBDIO) stated:
"You have to take into account the cultural and social factors that contextualize this case. The treatment of an indigenous migrant, where there are more than 12 million persons without documents in the United States, who are here only looking to gain a life. Their migratory state should not be a motive to take her daughter away."
"Please reconsider the decision by the court, permit Cirila Baltazar to be represented by an Chatino interpreter and allow her to be represented by a lawyer. Please return to Crilia, her daughter, Rubi Juana Mendez Baltazar.
Other groups assisting are:
Mississippi Immigrants' Rights Alliance
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno (CBDIO)
ARTICLES:
Time.com
Can a Mother Lose Her Child Because She Doesn't Speak English?
by Tim Padgett with Dolly Mascarenas
August 27, 2009
Url:  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1918941,00.html
Article in Spanish by Bertha Rodriguez Santos
Inmigrante indigena sufre el despojo de su bebe
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=10721267
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