'Native children belong in Native communities': tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule

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2. Other issues aside it seems states are still having issues complying with the Indian Child Welfare Act

Almost a half century later, tribes still find themselves fighting for the jurisdiction over their member children’s welfare that ICWA established. I’m not exactly happy with the trend of using executive orders to frustrate legislation’s original intent. The governor may see this as a way to protect Indian children, but if this case gets to the US Supreme Court, I shudder at what provisions of ICWA it’ll deem no longer necessary as all of the issues unique to Indian Country have disappeared (sarcasm).

In addition, I’m not a child welfare expert, but simplistic directives that treat a broad range of cases as fundamentally the same often create a brand new set of injustices.