yes, but now that she returned, she's facing a 20+ year wait to be reunited with her mother. I'd rather work on real, good, comprehensive immigration reform, so *&^% like this doesn't happen.
Also, yes, she chose to go back. She was also 26. Are you really asking a 14 year old to make that decision? 16? What about language barriers? What about family ties? Maybe I was immature for my age, but I definitely wasn't ready to live on my own in a foreign country with a non-native language when I was that age.