GAINSVILLE, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- An 11-year-old Texas girl died by suicide after reportedly being bullied at school over her family’s immigration status, according to media outlets. The girl, identified in an online obituary as Jocelynn Rojo Carranza , was a sixth-grader at Gainesville Intermediate School.
Prior to her death, Jocelynn had been bullied by classmates who allegedly threatened to call immigration authorities because of her family’s Hispanic background, her mother, Marbella Carranza, told news outlets. “Because her parents were Hispanic, they were going to call immigration to take her parents and she would be alone,” Carranza said.
Jocelynn died at a Dallas hospital on Feb. 8, five days after her mother found her unresponsive at home, according to the obituary.
The girl had reportedly been attending counseling sessions to address the bullying once or twice a week before her death, though her mother said school officials did not inform her of the sessions until police notified her, according to media outlets…