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January 9, 2012

Texas Teen Returns Home After Being Mistakenly Deported to Colombia 
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A Texas teenager, who was mistakenly deported to Colombia despite being
a U.S. citizen, has been reunited with her family. Fifteen-year-old
Jakadrien Turner was deported last May after U.S. authorities mistook
her to be a Colombian national. Turner's ordeal began when she gave
police a fake name when she was arrested for shoplifting. Turner was
deported even though her fingerprints did not match and she spoke no
Spanish.

Ray Jackson, attorney for the family: "The family's ecstatic. We're
happy to have their daughter home. We are planning to get some rest;
planning to do what we can to make sure that she's able to get back to
living a normal life. Respect those wishes. We're gonna take a few days
and then we plan to make a statement and proceed forward. But we're so
happy and we're ready to get her home. We're happy to have her back."



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