Bullying claims about family's immigration status emerge after 11-year-old's death ruled suicide 02:30. GAINESVILLE — An 11-year-old girl's death, ruled a suicide, is under furt

A young girl in Texas died by suicide after being bullied about her family’s immigration’s status, according to her family.

An 11-year-old girl died of suicide after she reportedly was bullied by classmates at her school who threatened to have her parents deported, leaving her alone in the U.S. The Gainesville Police Department on Thursday confirmed it is investigating the death of Jocelynn Rojo Carranza and bullying allegations.

The 11-year-old died by suicide on February 8 - five days after her mother found her unresponsive at their home in Gainesville, Texas, according to an online obituary. Her mother says Jocelynn was bullied by other students who claimed her family was in the US illegally.

An 11-year-old girl from Texas tragically took her own life after bullies threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on her family. Jocelynn Rojo Carranza was found unresponsive by her mother,

An 11-year-old Texas girl died by suicide after allegedly being bullied by her school peers over her family’s immigration status, according to her heartbroken mother. Jocelyn Rojo Carranza was found unresponsive by her mom in their Gainesville,

Jocelynn Carranza, 11, was found in her home in critical condition, according to her mother, Marbella Carranza. “I heard that she was taken with no oxygen,” said Marbella. “She didn’t have any oxygen in her brain.

"There was never a bullying report. She was not being seen for bullying," the GISD superintendent tells radio station KGAF of claims the girl was seeing a counselor.

I want justice for my child. I want this not to go unhandled. If there are more students out there going through it as well," said Marbella Carranza.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott prays for 11-year-old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza and tells Newsweek bullies will never be tolerated.

I want justice for my child. I want this not to go unhandled. If there are more students out there going through it as well," said Marbella Carranza.

A candlelight vigil took place in Gainesville, Texas this weekend for an 11-year-old girl who took her own life after she endured bullying over her immigration