Mom of teen who was mistakenly deported files federal suit

Reuters file

Jakadrien Turner is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

The mother of a 15-year-old Texas girl who was mistakenly deported to Colombia has filed suit against Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

In the suit, Johnisa Turner contends that her daughter, Jakadrien Turner, now 16, gave police officers a false name – Tika Cortez – when she was arrested on April 2, 2011, for shoplifting, a lie that triggered a series of events that landed her in Colombia's capital city, where she lived in shelters for seven months and became pregnant.

Unbeknownst to Jakadrien, a 22-year-old Colombian named Tika Cortez was in the system -- court documents do not specify whether she was wanted by Colombian authorities or had been flagged as being in the United States illegally.

Jakadrien’s mother says her daughter's false claim should not have mattered. Jakadrien was listed on the National Child Runaway list and her birth certificate is filed in Texas. Additionally, Johnisa Turner says, her daughter is African American, does not speak Spanish and appeared to be a younger teenager.


According to court documents: “Knowing it’s commonplace for people who come in contact with ICE officials to sometimes give a fake name in order to avoid more serious punishment, it is still unclear why ICE officials failed to confirm (Jakadrien’s) identity with fingerprint analysis, genetically-specific markers that suggest a person’s origin, or other methods more definitive than just having a name and no documentation proof of her alleged Colombian citizenship during these hearings.”

15-year-old American girl mistakenly deported to Colombia

The suit lays out a grim narrative of Jakadrien’s life the year before she was arrested.

In November 2010, she was lured from her home by a “child predator” – her relatives say she had been acting out after the death of a close grandparent. The man beat her, trafficked her and forced her to sell drugs until she managed to escape later that spring, but that too proved to be a difficult time. As she made her way home, she slept in bus stations and shoplifted.

When she was caught shoplifting at a mall in Houston, “she was unsure if officers were aware of her previous illegal activity, so she gave them a false name,” court documents say.

Jakadrien was detained for two months, April and May of 2011. She didn’t call home because she “could not find the words to explain that she was in ICE custody and facing deportation. She did not believe that her family would believe that to be even possible,” according to court documents. Her family says she received no legal assistance.

ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement – confirmed the facts of the case to the Los Angeles Times but insisted officials followed proper procedure.

“She maintained this false identity throughout her local criminal proceedings in Texas where she was represented by a defense attorney and ultimately convicted by the State criminal court,” said an ICE statement provided to the Times. “At no time during these criminal proceedings was her identity determined to be false.”

The Associated Press reviewed more than two dozen phone calls while Jakadrien was in jail and found this may have been true. Not once during these phone calls did she complain of not having ties to Colombia, the AP reported. Rather, she identified herself as Tika Cortez and discussed renewing her green card, the AP said.

Mistakenly deported teen: ‘I made a lot of horrible mistakes’

In late May, Jakadrien boarded a government plane for Bogota, where her mother said she knew no one.

“When she was released, a stranger saw that she was crying and seemed out of place,” the documents say. “He approached her and realized that she did not speak any Spanish. He guided her to a social welfare program titled ‘Welcome Home,’ run by the Colombian government that helped her get a shelter.”

She lived in shelters across the city for seven months, during which she became pregnant by a 29-year-old man, the documents say. 

Her family continued to search for her, and in December 2011, her grandmother found information on Facebook leading her to believe that her granddaughter was in Colombia. When she contacted the State Department, officials there reportedly confirmed that Jakadrien had been mistakenly deported.

For months, despite the family's asking officials to bring home their child, Jakadrien remained in Colombia, the court documents say. Her mother says it wasn't until the family turned to the press that she was whisked home within days of the reports.

 

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I think that this girl was thinking this was going to be a new start for herself. She NEVER identified herself as anyone else but this "Tika" person. To sit and say that she could not formulate the thoughts to express herself to advise her parents/family is really ludacrious. She was intelligent enough to formulate a plan to leave her family home to go with someone she met off the internet, escape from that person, and she was making her way back home by shoplifting. Since there are all colors of hispanics, to automatically suggest that this young woman wasn't hispanic due to her appereance is just as dumb. Just call it what it is, a young girl who got more than what she could handle by being too grown for her own good.

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Reply#1 - Wed May 23, 2012 8:50 PM EDT

Seems like she really did not want to go home, she must have been aware they were going to deport her long before they did. I see the failure in the government side, but honestly this one is mostly her fault. Almost makes the lawsuit a wash. Though makes you wonder if her Spanish has improved since then.

  • 13 votes
#1.1 - Wed May 23, 2012 9:08 PM EDT

Typical response blame everyone else for being stupid, a crook and a liar. OH sorry my bad no one is responsible for their own actions any more, and lets not forget to teach the kiddies it's not their fault either, now repeat after me "I ain't done noth'n wrong, da just pik'n on me foe no reason".

  • 29 votes
#1.2 - Wed May 23, 2012 9:40 PM EDT

Chirs150 "Seems like she really did not want to go home, she must have been aware they were going to deport her long before they did. I see the failure in the government side, but honestly this one is mostly her fault. "

Agreed. She could have avoided this at any time by merely telling the truth.

The INS did nothing wrong, except perhaps not getting her back to the US as quickly as they could have.

The 'family' is just looking for a big 'payday' from the taxpayers, and since she's Black, she'll probably get one - courtesy of Eric Holder.

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#1.3 - Wed May 23, 2012 10:44 PM EDT

I read this story before and I thought the mother had issues with herself, now I AM READING THIS STORY AGAIN and it's more than obvious the mother of this teen has domestic issues. The daughter also has problems about lying and yet both want to blame others for their personal faults. If this young girl did not have a criminal record there would be no fingerprints to examine. I don't fault ICE at all they are over run with millions of illegals from all over the world trying to come here daily. Problem with lying is someone might believe your lies.

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#1.4 - Thu May 24, 2012 12:51 AM EDT
Comment author avatarRobert in OregonExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Before we get too carried away with strong knee-jerk opinions (oh, and even racist statements as well, Robbob) ... try to remember that a 15-year-old child in her early adolescence -- an American citizen -- was deported by the United States Government to a South American country, and left her there for months!

Doesn't that reality reach your compassion switch?

If any of you had your 15-year-old child seized by the government and deported to a foreign country -- REGARDLESS of what that child may have done -- you would be angry and wanting retribution; and for very good and understandable reason.

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#1.5 - Thu May 24, 2012 2:55 AM EDT

You have a point, any parent would be upset, but considering it is mostly her fault for getting deported for lying, and sticking with her lie in order to not go home, it is mostly her fault. Wanting to get a big pay day, is really insane. I think anything they win, they should pay back for the trouble that ICE went through.

  • 11 votes
#1.6 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:02 AM EDT
Comment author avatarleroy2112Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Robert, It was the girls fault. She was a slut- druggie, who had a pimp and lied to everyone for months. Can't sue the government for your kid being stupid.

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#1.7 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:33 AM EDT

Throw the case out, make the mother pay the court costs for the frivolous lawsuit. Oh I forgot the mother probably does not have any money, then make the lawyer who talked her into the lawsuit pay the court costs.

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#1.8 - Thu May 24, 2012 6:58 AM EDT

It is a FELONY to lie to Federal agents. NO SYMPATHY, NO CASE!

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#1.9 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:09 AM EDT

Robert, It was the girls fault. She was a slut- druggie, who had a pimp and lied to everyone for months. Can't sue the government for your kid being stupid.--- Apparently according to this story you can! My hard earned tax dollars will now go for this Frivolous lawsuit and for which they will win or be paid just to go away I agree throw the case out before it sets a really bad and costlyprecedent--I can't help but wonder where has all the common sense in this county gone?

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#1.10 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:15 AM EDT

The girl repeatedly lied to the police (or at least an
equivalent of the police), but she was a US citizen. Lots and lots of US
citizens lie to the police, lots and lots of people give false names to police.
How many of them get deported?

The police are often very good at carefully investigating to
find out whether a person is telling the truth or not. There are people who
confess murders that somebody else is in jail for. Very often the police decide
they are lying. What was different about this girl that caused her lies to be
accepted whereas so many other people do not have their lies accepted?

There is of course the claim that we now have a situation
where the culture seems to believe that no one is responsible for their actions
and that no one should be punished. Well, we do have the example of companies
that were too large to fail who wound up giving the people in charge of the
disasters huge paychecks for presiding over the companies during the financial
meltdowns. Does anyone have any suggestions of what can realistically be done
to them so that an example is set of very powerful people being held
accountable for their actions. Remember, I said realistically, tar and feathering them and riding them out of New York City on a rail does not count as a realistic choice.

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#1.11 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:16 AM EDT

Of course the girl is 100% responsible for her part in being shipped off to Columbia, and the government is also 100% responsible for their own LACK. She kept up the farse, all the way down the line. For whatever reason, she really did not want to go home. Meanwhile, she was used and abused, which for sure changed her brain, and her personal belief about herself. What I don't get, is that the authorities did not CONFIRM who she was. She had no ID, that alone should have been a big red flag even though she repeatedly used that same false name. It seems to me that they (the authorities) dropped the ball on this one. I'm sure they were just happy to ship her back to where they thought she belonged. She had no ID. The only thing was, that she kept using the same name to identify herself.

reality101 ~~ Your crude description of this young girl is very crass, and it makes you appear to be an ignorant heartless person. You have NO IDEA what this young girl has been through, and how it's affected her. I agree that there is no excuse for her ridiculous behavior, but the reason for her ridiculous behavior is that she is YOUNG AND DUMB, not to mention most likely scared to death. It's true that there is no law against being YOUNG AND DUMB, but results of that can certainly land you in jail.

The government, on the other hand is not young and dumb, yet they proceeded in ignorance, WITHOUT CONFIRMING if this young dumb girl, was really who she said she was. In my way of thinking, the government showed their lack of judgment in this case.

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#1.12 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:31 AM EDT
Reply

Not surprising -- there's more than enough stupid to go around with this.

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Reply#2 - Wed May 23, 2012 8:53 PM EDT

3rdviewfromleft ~~ I absolutely agree. And I REALLY HOPE that this young girl will indeed think twice about what path she chooses to travle down in her life. For some people, this kind of thing is a lesson learned, while for others, they continue down a destructive path.

    #2.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:38 AM EDT
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    Sometimes, when one lies, one must bear the consequences. I'll bet this kid thinks twice before she pulls this stunt again!

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    Reply#3 - Wed May 23, 2012 9:14 PM EDT

    and what will get CEO's and DC to stop lying?

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    #3.1 - Wed May 23, 2012 10:06 PM EDT

    the only thing they fear is death, so unless we as a society are willing to pick up guns and 1776 it again, we're screwed.

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    #3.2 - Wed May 23, 2012 11:32 PM EDT

    I bet she wont Terelyn look at her mother she is sueing tells the hole story people are sick

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    #3.3 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:57 AM EDT
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    It would be nice to have the intelligence of an adult at 15....

    This child was troubled to begin with, had broken the law, and was probably scared to go home and get into more trouble. Even if she DID go along with it, a black child that doesn't speak Spanish that would have been unable to answer questions about her "home" should have thrown up numerous red flags....

    Kids lie. Adults in charge are responsible for investigating. Those adults failed.

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    Reply#4 - Wed May 23, 2012 9:18 PM EDT

    No the adults didn't fail. She had plenty of time to speak English before being deported. She should have spoken up during the trial. I think she wanted to get away and now her family wants to get rich. I hope they get nothing!

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    #4.1 - Wed May 23, 2012 9:47 PM EDT

    Justme-1425428: Your fundamental inability to understand what constitutes a legal adult is mind-boggling. How could she be expected to understand the proceedings against her at her age and with her troubled background. Beyond that, I am not sure why you think it is appropriate for a law enforcement agency to stop verifying identity at someone's 'word' especially if that person isn't even near the same race or age as the suspect. She certainly didn't have an ID. Do you really think someone with your lack of comprehension should be commenting on something like this? It's like a janitor making a comment on open-heart surgery...

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    #4.2 - Wed May 23, 2012 11:11 PM EDT

    How difficult was it for her attorney to say, "I can't help you unless you help me help you. You will be deported. Do you understand? You will be sent back to Columbia." If she couldn't understand that, she probably doesn't understand English either. How does someone from TX not know Spanish?

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    #4.3 - Thu May 24, 2012 1:36 AM EDT

    That's a bizarre question. Just because people live in a heavily Hispanic area doesn't mean they have to speak Spanish. I don't. Most of my friends don't. We live in areas that are 80% or more Latino. There's never been a pressing need to pick up the extra language.

    • 4 votes
    #4.4 - Thu May 24, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

    The first time she heard "we're sending you to Columbia" she should have screamed "this is my real name, this is my address, and this is my mothers telephone number".

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    #4.5 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:12 AM EDT
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    Who cares if she deserves what happened to her. The fact is law enforcement deals with criminals; since when are people taken at their word when dealing with the police. What if she was an escapee from a US prison? We gave her a free ride to another nation. Criminals are going to use this to their advantage. All the people who let this happen should examine why it was so easy for this girl to fool them into giving her a free trip out of the US. Because in our rush to deport everyone, we didn't even check to make sure she was who she claimed to be. Which is going to get innocent people killed. and i am not talking about the lairs. I am taking about who gets killed by a US citizen using this trick to leave the US. It is very alarming that no sees how dangerous such sloppy police work can be to ALL of us. but then again, we really don't care because once we send people to another nation its not a issue anymore? I mean really? Could i turn my self into the ICE and claim that i am from Amsterdam, so that i can get a free one trip there? THis whole thing is bizarre. If ICE can't tell a African-American from a Colombia, Or a kid from an adult, how are they going to keep us safe from the big bad Terrorist? Also, Blacks from Colombia DO not look like American Blacks. Shoot, Blacks from Africa don't look like US Black. And while i am at it, Mexicans from Mexico and Hispanics Born in the USA don't all look the same! their spanish, english, and dress and skin and hair are all differentiated.

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    Reply#5 - Wed May 23, 2012 10:05 PM EDT

    I think it's her fault for lying and giving a fake name, like wow you already got caught shoplifting and taken into custody, why would you even lie more? Also 2 months and decides not to notify her parents, if i was gone from my parents for a long time ago and being deported i'm pretty sure i'd call.. something sounds fishy.

    • 7 votes
    Reply#6 - Wed May 23, 2012 10:22 PM EDT

    Why did she not try to go home. Why did she lie. I bet she learned a lesson because of her behavior.

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    Reply#7 - Wed May 23, 2012 10:45 PM EDT

    Maybe her home life was worse than being out on her own.

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    #7.1 - Wed May 23, 2012 11:06 PM EDT

    Rabbit, I think you have hit on it precisely. there are obvious, fundamental issues with a child's home life when they have been kidnapped and sexually trafficked to another city/area, and when they escape they are AFRAID to call home and ask for someone to come rescue them! that is the behavior of a child who does not feel safe at home, does not trust their parent(s), and has an unreasoning fear of being punished. the fact that she never called them even afterward while in ICE custody shows just how unreliable she felt her parents were and how much she feared them. and now that parent(s) is exploiting her further through a lawsuit. she is still a minor- this lawsuit is being filed on her behalf

    she was a just a child that this happened to! she did not deserve to have all of these horrible things happen to her- whether she told a lie or not! just the experience of being sexually trafficked- that is, lured into a situation, by a family friend, where she was held hostage and her body was sold over and over, at 14 years old. how many of you judgmental fools think you could have walked out of that situation without having your thinking messed up? and she obviously felt like that was HER FAULT! and couldn't trust her family to save her, poor kid! show some compassion! be grateful this hasn't happened in your family!

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    #7.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 2:25 AM EDT
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    AML1313- all she had to do was open her mouth. BTW, Blacks some in all different shades, hair textures, and eye colors, and black Columbians look like other black people. I am African American and get mistaken for Domincan all the time. I've been to Columbia and was mistaken for a native constantly.

    All she had to do was say. My name is __________, I am 15, and an AMERICAN CITIZEN. My SS# is ___________, my parents # is _____________— and I need to call them. She didn't want to go home, for whatever reason.

    I'm not saying there wasn't some mistakes made here, but it was all rectifiable had she OPENED HER MOUTH.

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    Reply#8 - Wed May 23, 2012 11:21 PM EDT

    Not every child is equipped with the knowledge they need to get themselves out of trouble. Also, traffickers count on fear, intimidation, and exploitation, of the girls they sell into sex slavery. Obviously this girl did not have a steady home life, and that made her an easy target. She's young, looking for a way out of her hard home life and got mixed up with people who manipulated and abused her. I don't know if you have ever been abused, but finding the courage to tell people what you've been through is not easy. You fear that people wont believe you, you fear that people will say it's your fault. You fear that if your abuser finds out you told, that you will be beaten again, or worse. Now, put all of that on the back of a 15 year old homeless girl, and things become a lot less straight forward. This girl was a victim, and she acted like one. Lying/staying quiet is probably what she was told to do by the people who were controlling her life and she paid the price, instead of the traffickers, child molesters, and drug dealers. You are blaming a 15 year old rape victim for not knowing what the right thing to do, when most 15 year olds wouldn't know the right thing to do in this situation. The police I think acted with little care, and compassion and I think it has to do with race. This would never have happened to a white girl, but if it did, I can bet all of you people blaming the victim right now, would be singing a much different tune.

      #8.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:50 AM EDT
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      Comment author avatarhenry jacExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

      My opinion is that you have a Whore for a Daughter. The problem is at Home and not with the Government.

      If she had not lied, Lady you need to beat your Daughter Ass

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      Reply#9 - Wed May 23, 2012 11:49 PM EDT

      henry jac, my opinion is that you are a sorry excuse for a human being. I sincerely hope you have withheld yourself from the gene pool

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      #9.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 2:27 AM EDT

      Your are either a sociopath or an abuser. or both. The only people I know who speak like this about children are people with deep, deep, psychological problems. Seek help Henry. This is not how a human being reacts to stories of this nature. Your response is sick, offensive, and down-right cold blooded.

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      #9.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:37 AM EDT

      henry, henry, henry, you poor bitter little man (or should I say, boy?). There are many good families who raise rotten rebellious kids, just as there are many dysfunctional families who's children grow up to be responsible adults. It's sad that YOU grew up to be crass, judgmental, and self rightesous. Mayabe you had a bad home life while growing up?

      • 2 votes
      #9.3 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:45 AM EDT
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      Henry Jac,

      My opinion is that you just opened you're mouth and proved why you were not fit to involve yourself in intelligent conversations.

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      Reply#10 - Wed May 23, 2012 11:58 PM EDT

      stacey-411140 ~~ AMEN!

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      #10.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:46 AM EDT
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      She got a wild run and a taste of a grown woman now; she will get a lot of stories to tell if she will; perhaps, another get-away vacation to Sahara.

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      Reply#11 - Thu May 24, 2012 1:16 AM EDT

      A 15 year old child is not capable of understanding the procedings against her. She should have been given legal council before being shipped to another country, no matter her legal status. The ICE agents failed to give her her constitutional rights to legal counsil. After being a runaway, prostituded, and shoplifting for a living I can see why she was affraid to go home. Minors are not capable of taking care of themselves, that's why adults are supposed to do it for them. Stop blaming her for being poor, uneducated and scared. She was victimized by ICE and yes she should be compensated, not the mother, the child.

      • 4 votes
      Reply#12 - Thu May 24, 2012 1:19 AM EDT

      Unless she is a mentally defective moron, OF COURSE she is capable of understanding a deportation proceeding. A 15 year old is supposed to be in HIGH SCHOOL for God's sake. That means she should be brighter than the average government official.

      • 5 votes
      #12.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:35 AM EDT

      IM sorry people i was 15 when I left home got an apartment whent to high school and had a full time job I dont bye that she did not understand what was going on.I do belive she wanted to be away frome home for what ever reason she got her wish . now her mother has to let it go. some times life is hard if you make wrong choices it gets harder

      • 3 votes
      #12.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:09 AM EDT

      “She maintained this false identity throughout her local criminal proceedings in Texas where she was represented by a defense attorney and ultimately convicted by the State criminal court,” said an ICE statement provided to the Times. “At no time during these criminal proceedings was her identity determined to be false.”

      She was represented...she should have given her attorney the real story.

        #12.3 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:07 AM EDT
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        I think this girl knew exactly what she was doing and saying.All you bleeding hearts want to save all the wayward people of this world..People have to take complete accountability for themselves..I knew what I was doing at that age and so does she..Mom wants to make a quick buck off this..

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        Reply#13 - Thu May 24, 2012 1:26 AM EDT

        I don't care how people want to spin this, ICE royally screwed up, it's obvious. She doesn't look 22, she speaks English natively, she isn't latina.

        Law enforcement are supposed to expect deception on the part of people they encounter, let alone have in custody. And they were deceived by a minor, not even an adult.

        ICE are the people who go around to businesses and examine the I-9 forms and verify that people are authorized to work in the US, they are supposed to be experts at detecting false identities.

        This is only one case - there have been several others recently of US citizens ending up in deportation proceedings.

        This is why I am totally opposed to these stupid laws like the one in Arizona, because there is no database of natural-born US citizens, so there is no way during a traffic stop a cop can determine if you are legally present in the US. So you tell them name X and name X is in the immigration database and you end up in federal detention and may get deported. That's exactly what happened here. There have been a couple of cases of people giving the cops their real names and ending up in a similar situation.

        • 4 votes
        Reply#14 - Thu May 24, 2012 2:32 AM EDT
        Comment author avatarleroy2112Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

        She was selling drugs and her ass on the streets, That matures a person quickly, She could pass for early 20s. She had months to speak up. Did nothing. the slut is to blame.

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        #14.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:38 AM EDT

        Leroy: this girl was kidnapped and prostituted on the streets. "The slut is to blame". Really? If you believe in that kind of thing, there's a special place in hell for people like you.

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        #14.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:09 AM EDT
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        How typically black, girl lies about identification, must be the governments fault. Geesh!

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        Reply#15 - Thu May 24, 2012 2:55 AM EDT

        How typically American, blame everybody else and never accept personal responsibility.

        • 5 votes
        #15.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:29 AM EDT

        How typical, a white guy being racist.

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        #15.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 8:54 AM EDT
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        For the mother to try and play the race card, by saying her daughter looks African American and doesnt speak spanish is a wash. There are people of african descent in colombia and as for the whole doesnt speak spanish, if she was brought here as a baby it very likely she may not speak spanish at all.

        As for the mothers whole request to check the national database for runaway. They had no idea she was one. Should the check every single person against a database with 1000's of names and photos? As for the fingerprints, that would only work if he fingerprints where on file, as for genetic testing, really come on.

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        Reply#16 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:07 AM EDT

        Yes, the stupid girl gave a false identity and so she is responsible for what happened. But she is a screwed-up teenager. Teen brains been scientifically proven to be different from adult brains (that is why one under 18 should not be tried as an adult).

        What I don't get is that she doesn't speak Spanish. Did she put on a fake accent? How could the ICE think a girl who is in reality a native speaker of English was someone from a Spanish-speaking country?

        Another big problem with ICE is that once the mistake was uncovered, it took months for the US government to get her back. That is ridiculous.

        Despite the fact that this girl is the type of person you may wish to not have here in the country, the fact remains that she is an American citizen who was failed by a government agency whose mission is to protect all of us, even immoral nut-cases like her......

        • 3 votes
        Reply#17 - Thu May 24, 2012 6:04 AM EDT

        i find this story funny. i bet she will never lie about her name again. what a dumb@ss.

        • 4 votes
        Reply#18 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:15 AM EDT

        The kid made her own bed. Let her sleep in it.

        No lawsuit here.

        • 4 votes
        Reply#19 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:19 AM EDT

        Why is the fact that a RIOT in a prison meant to hold "harmless illegals" in Mississippi, and later discovered that these "harmless illegals" were dangerous foreign gang members, being kept OFF THE FRONT PAGE????

        Is MSNBC being influenced by LA RAZA propagandists?

        • 2 votes
        Reply#20 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:26 AM EDT

        Reading

        That was front page on the 21st. Here's the link. Pretty long but it is all one link.

        http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/21/11793374-mississippi-prison-on-lockdown-after-riot-1-dead-19-hurt?__utma=154396583.236116957.1337633252.1337858082.1337858547.24&__utmb=154396583.3.10.1337858547&__utmc=154396583&__utmx=-&__utmz=154396583.1337805878.20.2.utmcsr=msnbc.msn.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/id/47538032/ns/technology_and_science-science/&__utmv=154396583.|8=Earned%20By=newsvine%7Cnewsvine=1^12=Landing%20Content=Original=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=thaislotcar.newsvine.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Internal%20to%20Original=1&__utmk=39872866

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        #20.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:35 AM EDT
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        Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi
        WBOY-TV
        5/21/2012 5:50:33 PM ET

        MSN.com

        By HOLBROOK MOHR
        Associated Press

        JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A gang fight in a prison for illegal immigrants quickly escalated into a riot involving as many as 300 inmates, some lashing out with sticks or homemade knives as the uprising spread through the sprawling prison, a sheriff said.

        A guard was beaten to death and at least 20 other people were injured. The riot began Sunday afternoon and lasted into the night, with inmates dragging mattresses and wood to an outdoor recreation yard to set ablaze, Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said.

        While law enforcement agencies from several counties waited outside the Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, authorities inside responded with tear gas and tactical units. They slowly corralled the inmates into a yard and searched them. By 2:45 a.m. Monday, all prisoners were back in their cells and the prison was locked down.

        Mayfield said it's not clear if the violence began within a gang or it was a dispute between rival groups, but "once it got started, it spread like wildfire."

        "They had makeshift weapons, broom handles, mop handles, anything they could pull apart, trashcan lids for shields, anything they could grab," Mayfield said.

        The prison holds nearly 2,500 low-security inmates, with most serving time for coming back to the United States after being deported, said Emilee Beach, a prison spokeswoman. Some of the inmates have also been convicted of other crimes, but their offenses were not immediately clear.

        The facility is owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America, one of the nation's largest private prison companies.

        Catlin Carithers, who joined CCA in 2009 and was a senior correctional officer, was beaten during the mayhem, Mayfield said.

        "He liked protecting people," Carithers' cousin, Jason Clark, told The Associated Press.

        Carithers was engaged to be married and excited about a recent promotion that took him off the weekend shifts. He had been trained in recent years as part of the prison's special response team and was called into work Sunday to help with the uprising, Clark said.

        More than two dozen officers were held hostage or were trapped at some point, the sheriff said. At least 17 prison employees were treated for various injuries and three inmates were hurt. The sheriff said the inmates hurt each other, with one getting stabbed and another had broken ribs.

        Bill Chandler, executive director of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, said his group has gotten complaints about the facility in the past year, mostly from people saying they weren't getting adequate health care.

        Frank Smith, who runs the online prison watchdog group Private Corrections Working Group, said those kinds of conditions that usually trigger a riot.

        "The big problem is CCA tries to cut corners in every possible way. They short-staff, they don't fix equipment, and things just get more and more out of control, and that's what leads to these riots. It's just about maximizing short-term profits," Smith said.

        The sheriff said the conditions at the prison had nothing to do with this riot, and he said there was probably little CCA could have done to stop the disturbance.

        "I think this kind of thing can happen anywhere at any time," he said.

        CCA said in a statement it would work with authorities to investigate what happened.

        "Unfortunately, no system is immune to disturbances," the statement said. "Though this is only the second time in our company's nearly 30-year history that one of our own has lost his life to inmate assault, it doesn't make it any less tragic or difficult. This is a sad reminder of the challenges that come with providing this vital public service."

        CCA houses about 75,000 offenders and detainees in more than 60 facilities around the country, according to its website.

        In 2004, inmates at a different CCA prison in Mississippi set fire to mattresses, clothing and a portable toilet. No injuries were reported. The company announced after that disturbance that it would add about 25 guards at the Tallahatchie County facility.

        In Idaho, violence at a CCA-run prison has prompted federal lawsuits, public scrutiny and increased state oversight. In 2010, Vermont inmates being held at a CCA prison in Tennessee were subdued with chemical grenades after refusing to return to their cells.

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        Associated Press writer Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami, Fla., contributed to this report.

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          Reply#21 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:30 AM EDT

          Way too long dude, nobody reads these long posts. A lot of effort wasted.

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          #21.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:40 AM EDT
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          Suing the govt, sounds like she should be sued for child rearing a idiot daughter.

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          Reply#22 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:39 AM EDT

          That's the problem. If you raise an idiot daughter apparently you can sue the government! Ask the lawyer who started the case. But I agree - the mother should be sued for starting this frivolous case.

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          #22.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:49 AM EDT
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          There's a great reason not to lie to police about your name....

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          Reply#23 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:48 AM EDT

          Yeah - who could of seen this coming!!!!

          um how about EVERYONE! There were even pictures on her Facebook page that showed her having a good time and partying with friends! (from a previous story) So - yeah she is a lying little girl that deserves what she gets. The mother is trying to cash in on her (both actually) stupidity!!!!!

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          Reply#24 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:52 AM EDT

          Maybe the big BO will chime in and say"I hope my daughters grow up to be like her."

            Reply#25 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:55 AM EDT
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