An American teenage
runaway
who was mistakenly
deported
to Colombia seven months ago after claiming to be an illegal immigrant is being returned to the United States. Jakadrien Turner, then just aged 14, gave police the name of a Colombian when she was arrested for theft in Texas in 2011. On arrival in Colombia, she was given citizenship papers and found a job. Her grandmother eventually tracked her down using the Internet and alerted the authorities.
BBC News
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Stronger-than-expected official figures in the United States show that unemployment fell last month to 8.5% - the lowest level in nearly three years. The number of new jobs rose by about 200,000. A BBC correspondent in New York says that if the employment trend continues, it'll help blunt attempts by President Obama's Republican opponents to discredit his economic stewardship ahead of the presidential election in November. The president welcomed the figures, adding that more needed to be done.
美国官方数据显示,上月失业率下降到8.5%,这比预料的要好,是近三年来的最低数字,新增就业岗位200,000个。BBC驻纽约记者说,如果就业趋势继续好转,这将在11月总统竞选之前打击奥巴马总统的共和党对手试图损害他在经济管理上的信誉的努力。总统很喜欢这个数字,表示还有更多工作要做。
"The American people, I think, rightly understand that there are still a lot of struggles that people are going through out there. A lot of families are still having a tough time. A lot of small businesses are still having a tough time. But we're starting to rebound. We're moving in the right direction. We have made real progress. Now is not the time to stop."