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About one month ago, a two-year-old boy from Thailand flew into Los Angeles with a man and a woman who claimed to be his parents. Immigration inspectors determined that the “parents” had fraudulent passports. It was then discovered that the child was not theirs, that they were only using the child to convince authorities that they were legitimate visitors to the US. At first the INS planned to deport the toddler. Then the area Thai community stepped in. They argued that it was possible, if not likely, that his parents sold the child, and that if that were the case the child should not be returned to Thailand. So the INS decided to delay the deportation so that Thai authorities would have time to “make the appropriate arrangement for the child's return.” The Thai government will take custody of the child until he can be adopted by his paternal grandparents. Along with the claim that the child was used as a prop, members of Thai community group also expressed concern about the larger goals of the smuggling. They worry that the purpose of the scheme was to traffic young Thai women into the US, where they would be essentially slaves.
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