So she and her husband comes here illegally, sire an offspring, and lament that he can't be with his father because he's a criminal. Does that about sum it up?
If he wants to be with his father, go back to his native country and stay with him. It's as simple as that. I got no sympathy for criminals who break the law but demand that they be legally able to keep doing so.
That's how twisted this country has become.
the law is “custody follows the parents, not the child”
The child goes back with the illegal alien parents.
the adult citizen may return.
ALSO unless the adult has been in the USA for eight years, their offspring are not automatically citizens.