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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 10:37 PM Jan 2012

Your tax dollars at work: Deporting 14 y.o. African Americans who speak to no Spanish to Columbia

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Dallas-Teen-Is--Mistakenly-Deported--136626533.html

News 8 learned that Jakadrien somehow ended up in Houston, where she was arrested by Houston police for theft. She gave Houston police a fake name. When police in Houston ran that name, it belonged to a 22-year-old illegal immigrant from Colombia, who had warrants for her arrest.

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News 8 has learned ICE took the girl's fingerprints, but somehow didn't confirm her identity and deported her to Colombia, where the Colombian government gave her a work card and released her.

"She talked about how they had her working in this big house cleaning all day, and how tired she was," Turner said.

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But that was a month ago, and the Colombian government now has her in a detention facility and won't release her, despite her family's request.

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ICE officials also noted there have been instances where ICE has seen cases of individuals providing inaccurate information regarding who they are and their immigration status for ulterior motives.

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Stupid fucking fuckers... I cannot tell you how much this pisses me off. GodDAMMIT.
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Your tax dollars at work: Deporting 14 y.o. African Americans who speak to no Spanish to Columbia (Original Post) TalkingDog Jan 2012 OP
ICE would deport all black Americans if they could. provis99 Jan 2012 #1
Omg- Marrah_G Jan 2012 #2

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
2. Omg-
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 10:49 PM
Jan 2012

As a parent I cannot even wrap my head around what she and her family are going through. I really hope the WH/State Dept are working VERY hard on this. I also hope she gets a massive settlement out of this when she gets home.

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