Emily Samantha Ruiz, 4-Year-Old Deported By Feds, Is Coming Home

The 4-year-old US citizen who was de facto deported by Customs and Border Protection is coming back to America, in style.

"Immigration treated her like a second-class citizen, but we're going to bring her here and she's going to come first class," David Sperling, the family's lawyer told the Daily News.

Emily Samantha Ruiz was on her way back to her Brentwood home after a trip to Guatemala with her grandfather earlier this month. Ruiz was detained in Dulles International Airport after immigration officials stopped her grandfather for an illegal entry charge levied more than ten years ago.

Her family claims officials gave them a difficult choice: send Ruiz back to Guatemala or allow immigration to place her in an American juvenile facility. Fearing she would be taken into foster care, Ruiz' grandfather elected to have her sent to Guatemala.

CBP disputes the family's claims. The agency said it did offer the family an opportunity to pick Ruiz up from authorities.

"CBP strives to reunite U.S. citizen children with their parents. If the parents choose not to take custody of their children, CBP works with other agencies to ensure the children's safety and well being, up to and including releasing them into the custody of other relatives," spokesman Michael Friel said in a statement. "In this case, the parents were offered the chance to pick up the child, but elected to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather."

Comments

[tcny]

11:40 AM on 03/30/2011

Now INS can begin proper deportation proceedings on the parents, who are here illegally.

[verylargehat]

01:14 PM on 03/29/2011

No one would bat an eyelash if Emily was blonde and going to and from Sweden.

[MikeStrong]

06:22 AM on 03/29/2011

Why ever believe anything from the mouths of the CBP (the border Gestapo)? Either their claims to the parent (as they say) or their claim that that is what they offered. Even if that was the offer who would have any confidence in their word anyway?

Repeat after me: Guadelupe Hidalgo, Treaty of, one each, 1848. Just like all the other treaties with people who were here before any US citizens (or earlier as British colonists) this treaty - signed after the US war with Mexico we never bothered to respect that treaty, right from the start. (A war caused by settlers from the US to Mexico declared themselves their own nation, then were supported by the US - the history we don't get very well in our schools.)

Supposedly we (the USA) were going to fully respect all the citizens of Mexico who, because of the war and the massive change in borders (taking 55% of Mexico) were now to be US citizens. (Tejas/Tejano = Texas === spelling/pronounciation)

With more than 160 years of that dishonorable history, why believe the border gestapo now?

[Liquidmicro]

10:29 AM on 03/29/2011

So the other 6 States in Mexico at that time that were also attempting to seced from Mexico were due to exactly what? Guadalupe Hidalgo only allowed those that chose to stay on this side of the Rio Grand citizenship (Most were of Hispanic decent from Spain as it was a Spanish territory prior to Mexico's claim to it). There were less than 30,000 "Mexicans" living north of the Rio Grand at the time (again mostly Spanish settlers) and they were mostly within a 50 mile zone north of the Rio Grand.

You need to go back through your history claim as you are doing nothing more then repeating claimed Chicano revision.

[Viper1st]

10:42 AM on 03/29/2011

In the Guadelupe Hidalgo Treaty of 1848 ~ didn't Mexico sell the disputed land (stolen by the Mexicans from the Apached Indians) to the U.S. Gov't for a sum of $15 million USD ~ and later in 1853 in the Gadsden Purchase, Mexico sold the southern parts of this same disputed land to the U.S. Gov't for an additional $10 million USD.

All after the U.S. Troops invaded Mexico all the way south into Mexico City ~ but, left & returned Mexico's conquered la?

[joebiteme]

08:43 PM on 03/28/2011

Nothing is too good for our illegals

[Sesame2009]

08:50 PM on 03/28/2011

Nothing is too good for our precious 4-year old CITIZENS!

[Druuna]

08:32 PM on 03/28/2011

I told you guys, tell everybody this country is horrible and nobody will come again. You already managed to scare a lot of European turists with all those "you-are-a-potential-terrorist" forms one has to fill before boarding the airplane and those 14 Dollars "Promotion of Tourism in the USA Fee", it should be an easy task to scare those ugly dark skinned ignorant hispanics that are taking away all your high qualification jobs in harvesting produce and as construction helpers, living exclusively on your social security, abusing your medicare and delivering anchor babies like rabbits. "urks", The world would be so much better, if there where only white, blond and blue eyed people, isn't it? Looks like the Führer was right. In the end, history will absolve him.

For those with limited intelligence, check up the meaning of sarcasm.

[Sesame2009]

08:15 PM on 03/28/2011

Let's try this again. 

If illegal immigrants are so bad, why is Arizona BEGGING them to come back?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es3hq0XM-cw

[Liquidmicro]

08:29 PM on 03/28/2011

Still, you use a video from May 2008 long before SB1070 (2010) was construed and passed. The video shows what Utah just passed, a State Guest Worker idea, for which even the D's in Utah state that it will require a waiver from the Feds in order to be used, which is highly unlikely of happening.

[tj101]

08:40 PM on 03/28/2011

yeah, and that negates the fact that they're still losing Billions of dollars and that they're begging for immigrants to come back to the state.

*rolls eyes*

[Sesame2009]

09:00 PM on 03/28/2011

SB1070 STILL hasn't been implemented since it was found to be unconstitutional. 

The point is that the impact of trying to pass these draconian anti-immigration laws was the massive egress of immigrants.   This is destabilizing to ANY community. 

It drives housing prices down.  Landlords have sudden increases in vacancies driving rent prices down.  Patronage at mom and pop stores suddenly lose their cash only flow. Etc...

Furthermore, who the heck is going to do the work that these immigrants did.  Turns out that in a state with 110 degree weather and a population of retirees, it's hard to find elderly white people who want to work out in the fields in oppressive heat.

[JDShipley]

08:29 PM on 03/28/2011

Like the Utah program. Makes far too much sense for Jan and KKKo.

[Liquidmicro]

08:53 PM on 03/28/2011

It was in 2008, Brewer was not the Governor, Napalitano was. The least you can do is get your time lines correct.

[Sesame2009]

08:00 PM on 03/28/2011

If illegal immigrants are so bad, why is Arizona BEGGING them to come back? http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=es3hq0XM-­cw

[Zia]

08:10 PM on 03/28/2011

Can you resend the link?

[verylargehat]

07:34 PM on 03/28/2011

It would be poetic justice if the people complaining about this small child ended up cheering for her as she wins a gold medal on behalf of the U.S. at the Olympic Games in 14 years.

[dil123]

07:39 PM on 03/28/2011

Frankly, I hope she finds the cure for cancer. Makes it in pill form, wins the Nobel Prize in medicine and makes millions and millions of dollars. Because like they say, living well is the BEST revenge.

[verylargehat]

07:47 PM on 03/28/2011

HELL YES! From your mouth to God's ears. Fanned and faved.

[verylargehat]

07:27 PM on 03/28/2011

I marvel at the entitlement of the people who are descendants of the white, European settlers who came to North America long ago, and who claim to be the arbiters on the citizenship status of a 4 year old American child.

[sanchizmodesigns]

07:19 PM on 03/28/2011

if your brown you have no rights. What was her charge? Flying on an airplane while brown?

[Zia]

08:11 PM on 03/28/2011

Imagine if she were a muslim!!

[ddpalmerr]

05:25 AM on 03/29/2011

Being 4 years old with no adult guardian.

I suppose they should have just sent her on her way by herself?

[RefreshingTaste]

06:51 PM on 03/28/2011

Just think how much better off this country would be, how much would be saved,, without the huge drain on social services, medical providers and police-Jail resources the millions of illegals cause.

[Ubikwity]

07:05 PM on 03/28/2011

Yes, but just think of how many voters Dem would lose if that were to happen.

[KaAp]

07:07 PM on 03/28/2011

You do realize you need to be a citizen to vote? Are you afraid of the demographic transformations occurring in this nation? Too bad. Deal with it.

[FoxIslander]

07:23 PM on 03/28/2011

...and how many gardeners and maids all those top 5%'ers would loose.

[PennsylvaniaVoter]

07:06 PM on 03/28/2011

The world is not so black and white, left versus right, as some would have us believe. You have focused on some obvious negatives resulting from illegal immigrants, but did you know that most illegal immigrants also pay taxes? Oftentimes they use fake or borrowed identities so they can work in regular jobs where they have taxes withheld, including Social Security and Medicare. In 2005 this amounted to $7 Billion in bonus Social Security taxes and $1.5 Billion in bonus Medicare taxes, and since they are illegal they will never see any of this money. There are many pluses and minuses that need to be evaluated to determine their net effect on our economy.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

07:14 PM on 03/28/2011

The net effect is a HUGE MINUS.

[RATMWiccan]

07:21 PM on 03/28/2011

Not the landscapers by me and the landscape business owners! They hires illegals, pays them cash and avoids taxes!

Many do that and they need to crack down on these business owners!

[TYRANNASAURUS]

06:48 PM on 03/28/2011

4-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported By Feds Is Coming Home....

WHY? Is there an opening in a Texas chicken plucking factory?

[justin i]

06:29 PM on 03/28/2011

If you don't like the constitution, fight to change it. Until then, this kid is a citizen.

Feel free to use your 1st amendment rights to wh!ne about it, however.

[Christopher Huber]

06:43 PM on 03/28/2011

Yeah I know the facts are getting in the way of your judgement. Plz change them to suit your need to be right, or left in this case.

[KaAp]

06:46 PM on 03/28/2011

No, the only fact is that Emily is a US citizen!

[PennsylvaniaVoter]

07:13 PM on 03/28/2011

Last I checked, Justin merely identified a fact from the article. He's basing his argument on that fact. You appear to be implying that the judgement of a person is more important than the facts. Either that, or you're just not making a sensible argument.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

07:16 PM on 03/28/2011

Talk to me in 20 years justin when 50% of this country will be run by Indians from Mexico and they want to deport you.

[Suntio]

07:28 PM on 03/28/2011

Perhaps the Indians from America should have deported your ancestors when they decided to show up here, kill their people and steal their lands.

[justin i]

08:16 PM on 03/28/2011

Is that really a legitimate fear?

Again, feel free to petition to change the constitution... but until then, anyone born on US soil is a citizen - whether or not you like it.

[Christopher Huber]

06:27 PM on 03/28/2011

So Grandpa used his granddaughter as cover to come & go from the States, Shame on him. Shame on her mother & father for using that poor excuse to get an illegal alien in & out of the country. Somehow Mom & Dad weren't too upset to let her go back across the border, and somehow I suspect one or both of them are illegals too!
This has too end, if we refuse to protect our borders everyone who walks across them must be given citizenship or a path to obtain it. All persons must show proper ID when stopped by a cop, they should have it when they vote, and if they vote illegally, automatic deportment, no trial, no jury.

[justin i]

06:30 PM on 03/28/2011

Yeah, those wacky liberals and their 'constitution'.... there ought to be a law.

[KaAp]

06:35 PM on 03/28/2011

Hysterical F&F ... thank you Justin i

[tj101]

07:49 PM on 03/28/2011

HA! Well done.

[marianproletarian]

07:15 PM on 03/28/2011

Wow, you know and/or suspect a lot from what little info we were given.

[Texas rebel]

06:21 PM on 03/28/2011

Until we can get the 14th amendment changed to where at least 1 parent must be a citizen before the child can be a citizen these things will happen. Hopefully when she is reunited with her parents ICE is there to take them into custody to deport them. I wonder if they will take the daughter with them?

[justin i]

06:27 PM on 03/28/2011

I thought you people loved the constitution.

[Texas rebel]

06:34 PM on 03/28/2011

While I love this country and respect the constitution, it is a living document and needs to change with the times.

[KaAp]

06:34 PM on 03/28/2011

No, they only love the second amendment ... the rest is subject to "revision."