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Comments :: Dad who fled with son to Mexico gets prison time

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Why was the father charged??? Since they were not married, they both had joint custody. Yea, he was a sorry father for not providing education, but, in many countries, even that is not forced. He may have been following the law of his Barrio. Medical is the same. We take that all our rules apply, they do not. I personally think that its time to take the English language back.

She has been here well over and needs an interperter!! Call the cops for help but she does not want to learn the languague. How can she help her son? Since he is a US citizen. Take him away from her.

" Get a grip people. No official language exists at the federal level. This country is a melting pot and that is a reason why it is so great." self-advertiser

This country has become a garbage pail and it's no longer great.

I may be a little prejudiced, because I AM an interpreter in the courtroom, thanks to the Title VI Act of 1964 and most recently, a DOJ filing against the State of NC for not providing ENOUGH interpreters.

Your job should not be necessary at all. You could find work for diplomats etc but no way should we have to spend money on criminals who can not speak english.

as long as our govt allows the criminal immigrant population to grow and thrive in this country we will continue to see crime such as this and much worse. these criminals have no respect for us or our culture , they are here for one thing money , and all the freebies our tax dollars can pay for.

Someone on golo gets it!

I am amazed at how an article about a violent kidnapping suddenly turns into a tirade about interpreters in courtrooms and immigration.

I may be a little prejudiced, because I AM an interpreter in the courtroom, thanks to the Title VI Act of 1964 and most recently, a DOJ filing against the State of NC for not providing ENOUGH interpreters.

**Discuss**

aren the parental rights the same for both parties?

Yes.

The dad got exactly what he deserved; 5 to 6 years in prison. May the mother and her son reconnect and not have to worry about this man. I wishs them both the very best.

as long as our govt allows the criminal immigrant population to grow and thrive in this country we will continue to see crime such as this and much worse. these criminals have no respect for us or our culture , they are here for one thing money , and all the freebies our tax dollars can pay for.

geesh.... the bigots are out today-NiceNSmooth"

I do not have hatred nor intolerance for illegals. I do however have huge concern with the state of our economy. I am tired of hearing about entitlements and folks wanting hand outs...I don't have a problem with folks paying into our system that need a leg up from time to time. I do however have a problem with thousands of American citizens not being able to receive health care because they either can't afford insurance or have pr-existing conditions...but any illegal can be treated for free...as our health care costs go up. There are 4 million people waiting to get into our country LEGALLY but can't due to the 20 million illegals already here. 5 million of which are on some sort of federal assistance. You may call it bigotry...which is not accurate...I call it being concerned about millions draining our economic system that may well leave tax paying Americans homeless & hungry.

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