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New Mexico’s child welfare agency sparked outrage after sending a 15-year-old boy to the U.S.-Mexico border to reunite him with his deported mother — only for him to refuse, spend 10 days in a Texas shelter, and be abandoned by the agency, which later claimed his case was closed. Despite a prior substantiated abuse claim against his mother and a traumatic history, CYFD insisted they acted to keep him safe — but critics say reunification was prioritized over his well-being, echoing national concerns about systemic failures in child welfare.

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