Corpus Christi mother suing U.S. for deporting daughter
"Native Texan Monica Castro thought she had found the perfect way to get custody of her baby girl after breaking up with her undocumented Mexican boyfriend: she called the Border Patrol.
But instead of retrieving the little red-head, Castro stood by helplessly as U.S. authorities arrested her boyfriend in Lubbock and sent their child along with him to Mexico in 2003. It would take three long years before Castro regained custody of the girl.
Now, nearly five years later, Castro is seeking $5 million in damages from the federal government for sending their daughter, a U.S. citizen, with the boyfriend to Mexico."
JAY ROOT in the Star-Telegram's Austin Bureau.