Parents Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse | Reader's Digest

Parents Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse | Reader's Digest: After the papers had been signed, Judge Richard D. Bennett read a statement into the record outlining the “living nightmare” the Velasquezes had endured. He encouraged Miguel to become a citizen. Then the judge said something rarely heard in a courtroom, “I apologize on behalf of the United States government,” and he came down off the bench and shook their hands.