Yamir Cruz è un uomo di origine messicana, sposato e con cinque figli.

Nel 2011 è stato fermato in Georgia (USA) e deportato in Messico dopo una serie di controversie domestiche.

Da quel momento in poi ha perso la custodia dei propri figli, che sono stati sottratti anche alla madre.

E da allora, Yamir riesce a vedere i suoi bambini crescere solo attraverso alcuni video di YouTube (circa 57), postati dai loro nuovi genitori adottivi.

I figli sottratti ai propri genitori, al 2011 [erano circa 5100](https://www.raceforward.org/research/reports/shattered-families)&#x2014;malgrado spesso, in casi del genere, di solito la legge dia sempre priorità alle famiglie biologiche.

Non è stato però il caso di Yamir, che in questi mesi ha cercato di contattare i propri figli per anno, fallendo.

L'abbiamo incontrato, per un episodio di VICE News Tonight on HBO di qualche giorno fa.

Yamir Cruz was supporting his five kids and their mom when he was deported from Georgia back to Mexico in 2011 after a series of domestic disputes. While in Mexico, he lost custody of his children, who’d been taken out of their mother’s care. Now he has a small window into their lives: a YouTube channel created by their adoptive parents, who have posted 57 family videos online.*

While no one keeps track of how many children are in foster care nationwide as a result of deportations, a nonprofit estimated in 2011 that at least 5,100 kids are in foster care in 22 states as a result of their parents being deported. In many cases, this runs counter to the ethos of the child welfare system, which is supposed to prioritize keeping biological families together. 

While his custody case was proceeding, Yamir made multiple attempts to contact child welfare authorities, but he was shut out of the process. Yamir has reached out to the adoptive parents but has not received a response.

VICE News sat down with Yamir to talk about what it’s like to watch his children grow up from afar and to learn how other undocumented immigrants are taking pre-emptive precautions to be prepared if this worst-case scenario should occur.

*In order to protect the identities of the children, we are not disclosing the YouTube account.


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Quasi ogni giorno Yamir Cruz raggiunge un internet café e guarda i suoi figli crescere online, senza possibilità di contattarli. Siamo andati a conoscerlo

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L'uomo deportato in Messico costretto a vedere i suoi figli su YouTube