Lemme guess

It's all states with large indigenous populations still around.

I can sympathize with foster parents that have a hard time letting go, dear friend of mine who's been desperately trying to have kids of her own had to give a little baby that became her world back to the bio mom and it absolutely crushed her, but formulating an entire legal strategy around it just reeks of trying to get around court preference to return indigenous kids to their nation of origin if possible.