TX - Mother left newborn in dumpster because she didn't want boyfriend to break up with her - July 29, 2024

[georgiajean]

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Found a few more details on the 2023 arrest, that was actually the date of her 17th birthday.

Looking for information about the federal arrest.
Section 212 relates to someone's ability to re-apply for admission. You have to "apply for permission to reapply for admission.
Section 237 relates to reasons for deportation from US. There are these main categories:
General Crimes [seticle]
Failure to Register and Falsification of Documents [see article]
Security and Related Grounds [see article]
Public Charge [see article]
Unlawful Voters [see article]

Essentially, 212 says she was supposed to be removed because she had not applied for permission to reapply for admission (which means she had tried to cross before and was turned away, or was found in the US and was deported and needed to request the ability to try again, not just show up).
And 237 sys she had: failed to register or offered falsified documents; or provide proof she wouldn't be on the public dole (she could support herself and not need public assistance); or she voted illegally. It would be hard to envision that she posed a risk to security of the nation or did general crimes, but maybe.

The way I read it, she was arrested and supposed to be removed from the country (deported). But she somehow made it back into the country?

 

[LadyL]

ITA. Horrible what happened to the child, but she is also a child with some kind of mental disability alone in a country where she doesn’t speak the language. Add to that a boyfriend who - going by her fear of him breaking up with her - is probably controlling and manipulative and her only source of companionship. She has probably endured trauma of her own. All these factors lead to making crazy decisions in order to survive. I feel sorry for her. I do not excuse what she did, whatsoever, but I do feel sorry for her.

where does it say she doesn't speak the language? I missed that part

 

[airportwoman]

ITA. Horrible what happened to the child, but she is also a child with some kind of mental disability alone in a country where she doesn’t speak the language. Add to that a boyfriend who - going by her fear of him breaking up with her - is probably controlling and manipulative and her only source of companionship. She has probably endured trauma of her own. All these factors lead to making crazy decisions in order to survive. I feel sorry for her. I do not excuse what she did, whatsoever, but I do feel sorry for her.

He may also not have known that she was pregnant.

 

[georgiajean]

Is it ok to explore labor trafficking in our discussion? Given the wages she earned ($500 a month), it makes me wonder...
Found this PBS film and article about labor trafficking teens from Guatemala to work in egg farms in Ohio. In payment for smuggling into the US, they would need to work off $15,000 in debt, families would be threatened, etc. When any of the teens were apprehended at the border as unaccompanied minors, the traffickers would send someone posing as a family member to take custody of them, and then deliver them to the egg farm.

Inside the Hidden Reality of Labor Trafficking in America | FRONTLINE

A new investigation tells the story of Guatemalan teens trafficked into America, and forced to live and work in virtual slavery in Ohio to pay off their de

www.pbs.org

I wonder, what happened to her after her arrest in April 2023? Did she go with a "relative" or did she go back into Mexico and get smuggled again? I wish we could see that arrest document from 2023.

 

[Knox]

where does it say she doesn't speak the language? I missed that part

Court docs state the name of the interpreter used in the proceedings.

 

[Knox]

Is it ok to explore labor trafficking in our discussion? Given the wages she earned ($500 a month), it makes me wonder...
Found this PBS film and article about labor trafficking teens from Guatemala to work in egg farms in Ohio. In payment for smuggling into the US, they would need to work off $15,000 in debt, families would be threatened, etc. When any of the teens were apprehended at the border as unaccompanied minors, the traffickers would send someone posing as a family member to take custody of them, and then deliver them to the egg farm.

Inside the Hidden Reality of Labor Trafficking in America | FRONTLINE

A new investigation tells the story of Guatemalan teens trafficked into America, and forced to live and work in virtual slavery in Ohio to pay off their de

www.pbs.org

I wonder, what happened to her after her arrest in April 2023? Did she go with a "relative" or did she go back into Mexico and get smuggled again? I wish we could see that arrest document from 2023.

What happens when ICE arrests you?
What Happens After an ICE Arrest? After an arrest, you will most likely be charged with being deportable, released on bond, and then told to appear in Immigration Court on a certain day.

I'd say she didn't appear at her IC hearing. I think this is common, according to what I have read in the Rachel Morin & Jocelyn Nungaray cases.

Yet another reason for her to try to remain invisible and not seek help.

 

[georgiajean]

What happens when ICE arrests you?
What Happens After an ICE Arrest? After an arrest, you will most likely be charged with being deportable, released on bond, and then told to appear in Immigration Court on a certain day.

I'd say she didn't appear at her IC hearing. I think this is common, according to what I have read in the Rachel Morin & Jocelyn Nungaray cases.

Yet another reason for her to try to remain invisible and not seek help.

Thank you, that really helps clarify things for me. So she was arrested, and just disappeared into Texas. Yes, that does give another reason for staying under the radar.

 

[LoveyG]

Without condoning what she did to her baby, I find myself feeling very sad for this young lady.

 

[georgiajean]

Newsweek article from Aug 2 2024 has or confirms some more details. Teen who abandoned newborn in Texas dumpster is undocumented migrant
All quotes from article:

• Everilda Cux-Ajtzalam, 18, went into labor, gave birth and then allegedly went back to work at the taco truck while the baby cried inside the tied-up bag on July 21.
• A spokesperson for ICE confirmed that the 18-year-old had entered the U.S. illegally as a minor from Guatemala.
• Cux-Ajtzalam was found to have a mental health issue within the past year, according to court documents,...
• If convicted of the third-degree felony, Cux-Ajtzalam faces up to ten years in prison before likely removal proceedings initiated by ICE.

 

[LadyL]

I'm crushed to learn the detail about the baby crying.

 

[seasideForest]

I'm crushed to learn the detail about the baby crying.

I'm not disagreeing, that's your emotional reaction, not something to disagree with!
However your sentence sparks a different reaction in me: Thank goodness the baby cried because he was rescued due to being heard by other adults iirc! Thank goodness the baby was not so crushed emotionally that he couldn't make use of his lungs and instinct for survival! Wherever the baby is now - foster care? I hope he is heard and comforted when he cries, as babies should be.
MOO

 

[LadyL]

I'm not disagreeing, that's your emotional reaction, not something to disagree with!
However your sentence sparks a different reaction in me: Thank goodness the baby cried because he was rescued due to being heard by other adults iirc! Thank goodness the baby was not so crushed emotionally that he couldn't make use of his lungs and instinct for survival! Wherever the baby is now - foster care? I hope he is heard and comforted when he cries, as babies should be.
MOO

for some reason I was thinking the baby died
probably thinking of another case
so you're absolutely right - it's great that he cried considering she tied the garbage bag up to give him even less of a chance of survival

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In her interview with Washington Post, Cux-Ajtzalam claimed she was raped by a relative in Houston and was unaware of her pregnancy until its late stages. The teenager said she did not consider going to a clinic because she had heard about Texas officials deporting undocumented immigrants. Cux-Ajtzalam was also reportedly unaware about Texas's safe haven law, which allows parents to leave their newborns at designated places without risk of prosecution.

The migrant mother is now facing felony child abandonment charges and could serve up to 20 years in prison followed by deportation. Her baby, who was named Gabriel by his rescuers, was placed with local foster parents shortly after the incident.

Migrant Teen Who Abandoned Baby in Houston Dumpster Didn't Seek Medical Care Due to Fear of Deportation

Advocates point to Gov. Greg Abbott's mandate for hospitals to question patients' citizenship suggesting it further deters vulnerable women from seeking care.

www.latintimes.com

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I actually believe her and hope she us treated fairly by the justice system, whatever that is. I wouldn't want to have to decide her sentence.

 

[Goecke]

Learning that the baby was concieved through rape and she couldn't seek medical care without risking deportation makes this even more tragic. I hope her rapist is prosecuted, and these factors (as well as her disability) are considered when sentencing her. I can't *excuse* what she did, but I do *understand*, if that makes any sense.

I don't think this is possible, but I'd love to see the rapist get charged as an accessory to child abandonment. None of this would have happened if he didn't rape his young, disabled relative.

 

[Knox]

I actually believe her and hope she us treated fairly by the justice system, whatever that is. I wouldn't want to have to decide her sentence.

Is she still in custody right now?

I agree, you have to be able to look at her actions through the lens of a very young woman, who is in the country illegally, no support system, doesn’t speak English, is fearful of LE and had no idea where to turn for help. She was so alone.

She will face some sort of punishment, but like you I hope all the extenuating circumstances are considered at sentencing.

 

[mickey2942]

I actually believe her and hope she us treated fairly by the justice system, whatever that is. I wouldn't want to have to decide her sentence.

And conversely, I don't believe anything at all. A cynicism that happens after years of being lied to, manipulated by addicts and criminals. I see every single thing that comes out of someone's mouth as a lie. Meant for a self serving purpose.

The world needs us both, you, who believes in humanity and second chances, and me, who sees everything through a filter of lies and deception. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

 

[Goecke]

Honestly, I believe her because it seems like a complex, detailed lie for someone with a significant mental disability to come up with, compared to her original story of "I didn't want my boyfriend to break up with me".
Also, the fact she specified that she was raped by a relative should make her story easy to prove vs disprove. I doubt she has many relatives in the US given that she immigrated as an unaccompanied minor.

 

[sunspun]

You don't have to speak the language or know the local laws to know that if you tie a baby up in a plastic bag and dump him in the trash that you are murdering your baby.

Why else would she have tied up the bag?? It's not like the baby would be able to try and get himself out of the bag! There was absolutely no reason to tie the bag other than to suffocate the baby.

If she just wanted to be rid of the baby, she had plenty of (also illegal but not lethal) options, as well as a limited few legal options (which she says she didn't know about.) Her goal was obviously NOT just to be rid of the baby, but to kill the baby. There is no reason other than that to leave it where she did in a tied up PLASTIC bag. The dumpster, the knot, and the plastic were all choices she made, and they all mean the baby is sure to die if you make those choices. That is true in any language, in any country, at any age at which you could give birth.