Officials: Harvard student will not be deported

[cory777]

Source: AP

An undocumented Harvard University student is no longer facing deportation to Mexico after being detained nearly two weeks ago by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, officials said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said late Friday that they would not pursue the deportation of Eric Balderas. The 19-year-old was detained June 7 after he tried to use a university ID card to board a plane from San Antonio to Boston.

ICE spokesman Brian P. Hale told The Boston Globe that Balderas had been granted deferred action, which can be used to halt deportation based on the merits of a case.

Balderas, who previously had used a Mexican passport to board planes but recently lost it, told The Associated Press that he became despondent and thought he was being deported to Mexico immediately, only to be released the next day.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2010/06/18/D9GE53S80_us_harvard_student_detained/index.html

[UndertheOcean]

1. Cool ! , now change the law so that cases like this don't become an issue.

[Tx4obama]

2. Write to ya'll's congresspeople and ask them to pass 'The Dream Act' ASAP. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

3. Very good news for an innocent, young, valuable person. n/t

[mrfocus]

4. Thousands of others...not so lucky unfortunately

[leftofcool]

5. Deport Harvard and send the student to MIT

[EFerrari]

6. Excellent.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. I know what they're hiding.

It's because, if the Mexican illegal student is deported, there will be an uproar to remove all illegals from colleges and universites. Then America will see just how many other countries are involved in this little game of illegal immigration.

So, are we going to turn a blind eye? Just like we turn a blind eye on patrolling colleges for drug usage?