Does the incompetence of the bush administration ever end?

Also, she had access to Facebook but couldn't call her grandmother and her grandmother had to track down her Facebook page?

The whole thing smells, and not just the ICE (although them, too)

more proof that Obama hates America

Petit_Merdeux: "God just kept leading me," she said. "I wake up in the middle of the night and do whatever God told me to do, and I found her."

It's cool that He helped her, but it was a dick move on His part to hide her in the first place.

Petit_Merdeux: "God just kept leading me," she said. "I wake up in the middle of the night and do whatever God told me to do, and I found her."

It's cool that He helped her, but it was a dick move on His part to hide her in the first place.

You think the ICE is a god? I know the USA is a theocratic nation, but even Jesus must wince at that kind of deification.

cptjeff: She gave a fake name when arrested for theft and had no other ID. The name she gave was that of an illegal immigrant who had several warrants out for her arrest.

Yeah, hard to get too pissed about this one.

She was 14 years old, asshole.

Yeah, sounds like something he'd do

This totally means we should not enforce our immigration laws ever again anymore.

cptjeff: She gave a fake name when arrested for theft and had no other ID. The name she gave was that of an illegal immigrant who had several warrants out for her arrest.

Yeah, hard to get too pissed about this one.

Did no one ever talk to her? I would assume she has a regular "African-American" accent. Wouldn't that raise any red flags with anyone? Are we just deporting people by the truckload w/o ever talking to them?

The whole thing stinks. (And not just on the ICE side. The girl's story also strikes me as odd.)

Global Warming + Immigration Problem = How one problem can solve another.

I_C_Weener: So this is how the Obama administration is managing the record numbers of deportation. They are deporting US citizens while letting illegals in.

I told you we needed an electric fence, and a moat, with alligators and remote controlled paintball machine guns playable via the internet for cash.

/I'd balance the budget and stop illegal immigration and entertain the masses.

...Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses...

cretinbob: Oh wait, she's brown? Well that's why, duh.

Makes you wonder just how much we'd have heard about this had she been white. Pretty sad when the Jon Benets and Natalies and.... other young white girls capture the headlines for months on end while, in this case, grandma has to be the one to find her.

FTFA:

"ICE takes these allegations very seriously," said ICE Director of Public Affairs Brian Hale. " At the direction of [the Department of Homeland Security], ICE is fully and immediately investigating this matter in order to expeditiously cover our ass

Came for "Born in East LA" reference. Satisfied.

deserved

Jakadrien?

> Colombian government gave her a work card and released her.

Even though she didn't speak the local language, and had no papers.
The US government on the other hand...

But seriously, she could go on facebook, but can't send a message "halp I'z stuck in teh Columbia"?

"ICE officials also noted there have been instances where ICE has seen cases of individuals providing inaccurate information regarding who they are and their immigration status for ulterior motives."

I just can't imagine such deception. And for their own ulterior motives, too. I am utterly thrown.

eiger: Did no one ever talk to her?

No hablo ingles...

And nobody knows how to take a screenshot?

I like this.

Our new policy should be to deport everyone who insists on lying repeatedly to the police.

lol. The Columbian gov't gave her a work permit and released her.

Her own gov't gave her a vacay to Columbia on the US tax payers dime.

Yeah, ICE will also pay for the return cost.

How do you grow up in Texas and not speak at least some Spanish?

cptjeff: She gave a fake name when arrested for theft and had no other ID. The name she gave was that of an illegal immigrant who had several warrants out for her arrest.

Yeah, hard to get too pissed about this one.

Also, stupid local news place, they took fingerprints to put them on file with the illegal immigrant's name. Because fingerprints can't confirm an identity (or unconfirm one) if they don't already have a set on file. I've never been arrested, they sure as hell don't have mine. If you were trying to track me down using fingerprints, you'd utterly fail. Stop watching CSI, it rots your brain.

You really think the only time your fingerprints go on file is when you get arrested? Or are you saying that's the only way yours will go on file?

My fingerprints went on file for the first time sometime in elementary school. They fingerprinted all the kids as part of a push to track down missing children. The last time they went on file was when I got my Conceal Carry Permit. I wouldn't be surprised if I gave them at other times and just forgot. I know I've done my thumbprint multiple times for private enterprises (mainly banks).

They should have at least gone "hey, this is a minor, so likely to lie, let's doublecheck this/involve Child Protective Services".

Jakadrien? Really? what happens when you dump the scrabble tiles out and you get the blank one?

Misleading headline is misleading.

Runaway/thief uses fake name and is deported.

LOL

Colombia=Country
Columbia=College

Both are pretty cool.