“This is a horrible situation for her, made worse by her parent’s disregard for the law. They were here legally... until they failed to renew their visas. They didn’t sneak across the border or engage in criminal behavior... but they broke the law by not being attentive to their ethical requirements.”
Failed to renew their visas? Listen, I know for a fact that a very large percentage of the illegals here didn’t pay coyotes to sneak them into the country. They flew here on legally issued temporary visas and just stayed. If you have the price of a plane or bus ticket, it’s very simple to come here and not risk dying in the Arizona desert. Most temporary visas are not renewable. these people knew exactly what they were doing. I am sorry for the child. She is in innocent byproduct of her parents unlawful behavior. Maybe she will be adopted by a citizen family or some such thing. She would not likely survive back in Brazil. You can’t turn a “domesticated” animal back into the wild because it doesn’t know what to do to survive. Same is true for children in situations like this.
Were her parents here on tourism visas, student visas, work visas, or religious worker visas?