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

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92. The girl lied, which, sorry Stinky, is part of the story. But...

her identity should have been verified. My big concern with this (that ICE/DHS defenders seem to be ignoring) is:

Pretend I was born in the USA but my name is Maria Gomez. I'm hispanic but grew up in Wisconsin, I speak some spanish but English is my first language. I decide to travel to Texas and as I'm driving (speeding a little bit maybe), I get pulled over and realize I left my purse in the hotel--oops. In whatever database the police use, there is a Maria Gomez from Suarez, Mexico that is due to be deported. The police take me in, I tell them I'm Maria Gomez from Wisconsin but they don't believe me and bam, without verifying my identification, I get deported.

With the inaction of ICE/DHS for this now 15 yr old girl, the above scenario is completely plausible. If they don't verify identities, how do we know if they deport the correct people and not American citizens. Not every American carries their papers with them at all times, not every American is honest and sometimes give false names for whatever reason so because they gave a false name (or in my made-up scenario a real name), they deserve to be deported? The burden of making sure the right person is or isn't geting deported falls on the deportee now? What's the point of putting law enforcement in charge of Immigration then? If they aren't going to use their investigative skills to make sure they have the correct people, then I know lots of people without jobs in this country that could take their place.