An 11-year-old girl in Texas took her own life after her classmates threatened to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to deport her family.
Jocelynn Rojo Carranza ended her life after enduring months of bullying from her sixth-grade classmates at Gainesville Intermediate School who told her she would be left alone without her family once they call ICE and get her family deported.
There are no reports indicating that Jocelynn’s family is in the US illegally, according to Newsweek.
On February 3, Marbella Carranza, Jocelynn’s mother, said she received a call informing her that her daughter had attempted to take her own life at their home.
She was rushed to an intensive care unit in Dallas where she passed away 5 days later, on February 8.
“I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately nothing could be done,” Marbella told Univision. “My daughter will always live for me, and I will always love her.”
Marabella said the school was aware of the situation and it had gotten to a point where Jocelynn was seeing the school counselor several times a week.
However, Marabella said she only found out about the bullying after her daughter’s death because the school never informed her about the situation.
ICE, the agency responsible for enforcing immigration laws, including detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants, has taken on a central role in the Trump administration as agents execute his mass deportation plan with raids on schools, hospitals, churches and other protected areas.
On Tuesday, the White House posted a video of migrants being shackled and being boarded onto a plane bound for an undisclosed destination.
