Haitian Judge May Release Americans

I really just don't have any sympathy for the ten Americans who tried to take children across the Haitian Dominican Republic border. The claim to be doing a humanitarian deed by taking orphans over the border to the school the American missionaries have in the Dominican.

All kinds of red flags are raised in this case. First and foremost, the children didn't have the proper travel documents or passports. You know it, I know it, the American missionary workers more than likely know it. It's simple. You can't cross borders without proper documentation. So why are you taking orphans over the border without papers? To put up for adoption? Sell? Probably not but you just don't take kids over international borders without permission.

Then it turns out some of the kids have parents. It's another red flag. The missionaries stated originally the children were orphans going to an orphanage. Then it came out about living parents. The parents gave permission to take the kids because they believed the kids had a better chance with someone else. So why did the missionaries state the kids were orphans in the first place? It's already bad enough they had no passports for the children but then they lied and said they were orphans.

Maybe the was nothing nefarious going on and they were that stupid or arrogant to think they could just come and get away with it. I think they are charged with legitimate crimes. Although word is the judge is considering dropping charges at this time.