Don't let them take me away': Girl, six, is taken away from her foster family of five years because she is 1.5 per cent Native American and the family is white


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    Protesters tried to stop government officials from taking the child from her foster parents by spending the night outside the home
    Summer and Rusty Page, Lexi's foster parents, are not Native American
    Due to the 'Indian Child Welfare Act', Lexi is supposed to only live with other Native American families
    Summer and Rusty, from Santa Claritra, California, have been fighting for two years to adopt the child 
    The Choctaw Tribe has decided to place Lexi with a person in Utah who is not Native American and does not live on a reservation






    Social workers seized a hysterical six-year-old girl from the home of her white foster family on Monday because she is part Native American.
    The child, Lexi, sobbed, clinging to her foster father Rusty Page as he reluctantly fought through a crowd to hand the child over to the Department of Children and Families in Santa Clarita.
    In a disturbing video from KTLA, Lexi screamed, begging Rusty, 'don't let them take me away', as she was removed from her family.
    As Lexi was placed in the back of a black car with government workers, her foster mother Summer Page burst from the home screaming 'I love you, Lexi'. 
    Six-year-old Lexi (in pink) was removed from her foster parents, Summer and Rusty (pictured) because she is Native American and they are not
    Six-year-old Lexi (in pink) was removed from her foster parents, Summer and Rusty (pictured) because she is Native American and they are not



    Summer (center) screamed 'I love you, Lexi' as the girl was taken away. Her siblings also sobbed and screamed as their sister was taken from them 
    Summer (center) screamed 'I love you, Lexi' as the girl was taken away. Her siblings also sobbed and screamed as their sister was taken from them 
    The removal of the six-year-old from the only home she's ever known caused a disturbing scene in Santa Clarita on Monday afternoon 
    The removal of the six-year-old from the only home she's ever known caused a disturbing scene in Santa Clarita on Monday afternoon 
    Lexi's foster siblings screamed 'no' over and over, crying hysterically as their sister was taken.
    Droves of protesters and reporters stood by helplessly as the family's screams continued to echo out into the street. 
    The horrifying scene came days after Rusty and his wife Summer were denied an emergency stay to keep the part-Native American child.
    Summer and Rusty raised Lexi for the last five years and spent the last two-and-a-half trying to adopt her with no success. 




    Because of the Inadian Child Welfare Act - a federal law from the 1970s - Lexi must live with Native Americans even though the Pages are the only family she has ever known 
    Because of the Inadian Child Welfare Act - a federal law from the 1970s - Lexi must live with Native Americans even though the Pages are the only family she has ever known