I cannot believe the comment I read at the top. "2 lost for over 400 saved is a small price to pay." you can't be serious. I for one have no use for people who rape young girls and force them to marry. Infants were not in any danger, boys were not in danger.
Let me give you some insight into TX cps:
1. they do lie, if it is in what they determine to be the best interest of your child they will lie to you, the judge, your attorney, to get your child.
2. anyone can call cps and have your child taken away from you, no proof needed,
3. TX CPS has a horrible record of protecting children it places in foster care, Some foster parents (not all) are very bad people. Good foster parents know who the bad ones are, try hard to get them removed from the system only to have their lives turned upside down in the process. many times losing thier own kids in the process.
4.ALL states get paid money to take children, some children adopt better than others, sad but true.

i am not the member of any religious organization on this earth but i do read and believe the bible.
how every adult member of this church can be painted with the same brush as child abusers or potential child abusers and their children taken away without a trial to prove the accusations to be true or false is beyond my comprehension.
cps does not take away the children of adulterers or homosexuals or the children of 1 of the biggest denominations in the usa that we have had to endure hearing in the news for the last 6 years about child abuse------but 1 little church that is not costing america one cent to pay for their non existing sexual diseases or illigitimate child welfare support----and the government goes after these ones?
the pictures i have seen are of kids that appear very well behaved---the dream of every parent to have as their own.
to me this action by the state of texas and the cps is a worse crime than polygamy or membership in a non mainline church organization that is harming none of us by its beliefs and practices.

Various newspapers have the count of children at 467, 462 and 463. I understand there have been some births at hospitals resulting in a count increase, but that doesn't explain the current discrepancies in the press.
Some children are reaching adulthood while in custody which may reduce the count. Perhaps CPS should release a daily official number with an explanation of the changes. A week ago there were about 20 girls and women who were pregnant or who had given birth while underage. Today there are 31 girls out of 53 who are pregnant or who have given birth. That's a lot of statutory rape if the new numbers are correct and it explains why the entire ranch was raided and all of the children were removed. To those above who are confused CPS always removes all children in an abuse situation.

2 boys missing? I think a real question is going to be were are the some 30 boys between 13 and 17 that appear to be missing. (There were 17 boys and 53 girls between 13 and 17 in the 400+ kids)

Federal and state housing projects are full of under age girls with children and no one knows who their fathers are and no one in government cares. And you don't see the CPS going in there and taking them away, do you? That's because there is no adoption market for Black and Hispanic babies. The CPS just rounded up 462 white, blonde and blue eyed children that will bring lots of money in through their own adoption services. Lots of salaries, court costs, lawyers fees, and pensions get paid for by this system which is largely funded by your taxes. Also, money received for foster care and money from prospective adoptive parents for adoption services when CPS adopts these kids out to someone other than their parents. That's right, there's no money in giving the kids back to their parents. Isn't selling human beings called slavery? But, now we don't have to go to other countries to get them. Texas, the chattel state.

Non-issue.

The boys are only lost to the legal minds who should know where they are. The CPS knows where they are. You don't lose children, the FLDS do.

"Child welfare workers in Texas say they're not worried."

dah??? ... Its not their kids! Would they say that if it was their own child?

What a bunch of dummies must be employed by CPS.

Does anyone wonder that since Polygamy is illegal and the police knew about these groups, why has it been allowed for so long? It makes you go Hmmmmmmm. I am totally against the child bride issues, 18 is young enough to marry, but 14 and pregnant is child abuse

This question needs to be answered. Did anyone in the FLDS community press charges of any kind against anyone else in their community? If the answer is "no", return the children to their parents. You don't arrest people based on a hoax phone call. You don't arrest people and then create a crime with which to charge them. There is a legal and logical process which must be followed. Also, the adult women, falsely classified as minors, are being illegally detained in violation of their civil rights. There are no arrests of or charges against the men in the community. There are just unquestioned allegations which come and go with regularity. I can't judge the state, but it seems like they're throwing things against the wall to see what might stick in an effort to save face. Are all of them above fabricating "evidence" or preventing the release of facts that would free the "guests" of the state? Time will tell.