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Showing posts with label Jakadrien Turner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jakadrien Turner. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2012

Texas Teen Soon to Return Home


El Paso - Jakadrien Turner, the teenager who was deported to Colombia after giving ICE officials – who never took the time to confirm her identity nor find out she was unable to speak Spanish – a false name, is likely to return to her Texas home soon.

Jakadrien's release comes after the U.S. embassy provided the needed documents to Colombia. It also states she was working in a call center before she American and Colombian officials were alerted about her true citizenship status. Between that time and now Colombia claims she was in a welfare program.


Update: Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin announced Jakadrien Turner is on the way to being returned to the United States.

Holguin said they are looking into how she was deported into Colombia and allowed entry into the country.

Turner is presently five months pregnant.

Update: She is now back with her family.


Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lost Girl Pops Up in Colombia Compliments of ICE



Dallas – Somehow an African-American girl who spoke no Spanish at all was deported to Colombia by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, also known as ICE.

Jakadrien Turner, who was missing since April of 2010, was sent to the country after she gave Houston authorities a false name of an acual illegal immigrant who had warrants for her arrest.

According to News 8, ICE took Jakadrien's fingerprints but didn't confirm her idetity for some reason before deporting her to Colombia. Upon arrival the country gave her a work card and released her.

Her grandmother Lorene found out her location thanks to her Facebook messages.

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

Jakadrien ran away from home when she felt under too much stress brought on by the death of her other grandmother and her parents' divorce. After making her way to Houston, she was arrested for theft and gave the fake name. Along with the social media site and Dallas police, Lorene foun her grandaughter.

However all is not settled for the Turner family. Along with being pregnant, the Colombian government is refusing to return the girl to her family.

ICE has released a statement:

ICE takes these allegations very seriously. At the direction of [the Department of Homeland Security], ICE is fully and immediately investigating this matter in order to expeditiously determine the facts of this case.

ICE claims it is aware of cases when people claim to be someone else in order to avoid being deported.

Despite it all however Lorene is confident her grandaughter's case will be resolved saying “I feel like she will come home. I just need help. And I need prayer. ”