Actually what happened in the US court here is the US court attempted to interceded while the mother and child were still in US custody and ICE ignored the court until they had successfully removed the mother and child from US custody. As a result the court never got to learn the mothers wishes at all.

(Also not true, but that's besides the point)

She was initially unaware the child could remain. When she found out she wanted the child to stay.

Or at least that is what some reports say. It’s confusing. Fortunately we have a system to due process to figure these issues out.

Unfortunately the current regime has decided that all due process is subject to their discretion.

While true, kinda irrelevant?

> Fair or not, that’s what happens in the US courts.

That's also not actually true. Mothers tend to get custody because both parties are more likely to agree to give them custody (or the father is more likely to cede custody).

If it comes to an actual legal battle, fathers are actually more likely to win custody than mothers.