A Texas teenager who was deported to Colombia in May after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was returned to the United States and remains at the center of an international mystery over how a minor could be sent to a country where she is not a citizen.
Her family has questioned why U.S. officials didn’t [...]
A 15-year-old Texas girl who was deported in May to South America after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was headed back to the United States on Friday, the U.S. State Department said.
Jakadrien Lorece Turner left Colombia on Friday and was on her way to the U.S., State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
The girl’s mother, [...]
The grandmother of a Dallas teen who was deported to Colombia is hoping the 15-year-old can come back soon and says U.S. officials should have done more to identify the girl after she gave a fake name and claimed to be an adult.
U.S. immigration officials say they’re investigating the circumstances of the case involving Jakadrien [...]
A 14-year-old Texas girl who has been missing since 2010 was mistakenly deported to Colombia by immigration agents and is now sitting in a detention facility waiting to come home.
According to CBS affiliate KHOU Jakadrien Turner ran away from home in the fall of 2010 following her parents divorce and the death of her grandfather.
She [...]
The case of Texas redistricting took another dramatic turn recently as the U.S. Supreme Court granted state Attorney General Greg Abbott’s request to temporarily block interim redistricting maps.
Some view the fallout from the decision merely as an inconvenience to Texas voters and aspiring candidates. Others, however, view the stay as a direct attempt to weaken [...]
