WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE STUPID STUFF GOING ON IN THE WORLD
Kids! What can you say about them? You can’t live with them sometimes and you can’t kill them. Sometimes they do the most irresponsible things. Sometimes their actions leave you shaking your head in disbelief. Such is the story of Jakadrien Turner.
Jakadrien’s parents divorced. That can be traumatic for a kid. I get that. Jakadrien decided to run away from home. Well, unfortunately many 14 year old kids think that they know better than their parents. Sometimes, without the knowledge about how to deal with issues, they do asinine things like run away from home. I get that. What I don’t get is what happened next. Jackadrien was caught stealing. I can understand not wanting to get into trouble. However, she decided to give police a false name. Can you say big MISTAKE! Unfortunately for her, that name happened to be the name of a woman in this country illegally who also had warrants out for her arrest. If it were me, I would have come clean, told cops I lied because I had run away from home, had them call my parents and went on with life. However, that is not what happened.
Jakadrien ended up being deported! That is correct - Immigration and Naturalization got her butt out of this country faster than you can say Rio Grande! She was sent to Colombia, where she, not speaking a lick of Spanish, ended up being forced to clean homes. I bet running away didn’t look like such a good idea after that. Her grandmother managed to track her down through the Internet. Now Colombian officials are holding her in a detention center until she can be sent back to the US.
Once you realize you are about to be deported, start telling the truth to ANYONE who will listen! Hopefully this girl will get the help she needs when she gets back to the US. If she doesn’t, she may end up being one of the lost ones.
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