A closing thought on the matter of the 14 year old deported to Colombia . . .

[suffragette]

89. Agree about there being no excuse for DHS/ICE. Something else that stood out for me

are these items from two different articles:

From the grandmother, who kept trying to find her:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-investigate-case-deported-texas-teen-15300874?page=2#.TwaUL0aTNak

"I didn't want to scare her or get her in trouble with those who had her," Lorene Turner said, adding that she feared the girl might have been caught up in human trafficking.

From the family's lawyer:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/05/us/texas-colombia-teen/index.html?eref=rss_us
Jackson says he believes something more sinister is going on.
"There has to be something behind this 15-year-old girl ending up in Colombia, besides the fact that ICE dropped the ball," he said. "Of all the nicknames ... to pick one that's of Latino descent, for that to be a name that sticks and gets you deported, that doesn't make sense."

And later in the same CNN article:
The ministry said it was investigating what sort of verification its consulate in Texas requested before giving the girl an expedited provisional passport as part of deportation proceedings, and how Jakadrien received work authorization for training at a call center as part of the government's "Welcome Home" program.
Attorneys with the program made a sworn declaration in front of a notary with "inexact information" that allowed her to receive work papers, the foreign ministry said.
"Those lawyers are no longer providing services to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," the statement said.


At best this was extreme incompetence and negligence.
At worst, well it may be even worse.