Posted on 11/04/2007 11:03:26 AM PST by radar101
LEXINGTON, Neb. — A 13-year-old student with whom a middle school teacher is accused of fleeing to create a romantic life in the boy's native Mexico may be required to stay there.
An illegal immigrant while residing in the United States, 13-year-old Fernando Rodriguez may not be able to return to the rural town in the U.S. state of Nebraska where he was an eighth-grade student.
Kelsey Peterson, 25, and Rodriguez were taken into custody without incident.
"They didn't have a very well-defined plan, it was basically to continue driving into Mexico to hide," said Alfredo Arenas, the Baja California state police official who detained Peterson. "This was a mutual agreement to flee after the story came out that they were having sex."
Peterson was turned over to the FBI early Saturday. The boy was turned over to relatives in Mexicali because he was an illegal immigrant in the United States and was not allowed to return, Arenas said.
Fernando's uncle, Pedro Raya, said he spoke to the boy Saturday and they agreed he would go to the family's rural hometown in the southern state of Guanajuato, mainly because of his immigration status.
Peterson is charged with kidnapping, child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Nebraska. She also faces federal charges of transporting a minor across state lines or a foreign border for sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Joe Stecher said.
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What was he doing in our tax payer funded PUBLIC SCHOOL?
Should whoever stepped forward be required to reimburse the U.S. government?
Better yet - deport this public school teacher to Mexico too.
Poor Kid.
This should be good for 400 posts or so...
Illegal aliens, schoolteacher sex. Heady combo for FR!
Exactly. They can have both of them.
Errr...falling victim to the N.E.A. Approved pedophile that American children haven't fallen victim to yet?
As an illegal alien he is granted protections under the Constitution on Bill of Rights and according to the USSC he cannot be denied enrollment in a public school.
Send ours to them.
Why break up this Romeo and Juliet love story?
Revoke her citizenship and deport her.
“As an illegal alien he is granted protections under the Constitution on Bill of Rights and according to the USSC he cannot be denied enrollment in a public school.”
THAT’s utter bull!
He is ILLEGAL. He has NO business here and certainly is NOT extended rights of LEGAL citizens.
Go back to DU.
There is one very ugly aspect of this incident. That is the issue of this teacher taking advantage of an illegal immigrant knowing that student’s family would be less likely to go to the authorities to report it.
While I do not approve of illegal aliens in our nation, I destest people who take advantage of them. I hope this teacher rots in prison.
He is 13 in Mexican years, which is like 17 in reality.
Let the girl go.
Therefore, he and his entire family will be granted citizenship in exchange for his testimony against his teacher.
I doubt that she was astute enough to do that.
Females act on “emotion”.
He was simply receptive to it cause his hormones are raging.
Scandalous as this women is,she is probably the first decent LOOKING teacher perp I have seen so far in a long time.
Again,what a dumb ass woman.Pissing away a career and college education to get with a 13 year old.
I wonder who had the higher IQ,him or her?
In the interest of humane treatment of the boy we should deport his parents too so that he not separated from his family.
See PLYLER v. DOE, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
Trust me, since I was not a member of the USSC in 1982 I had not part in the Plyer Decision.
“In the interest of humane treatment of the boy we should deport his parents too so that he not separated from his family.”
ABSOLUTELY!
I CAN’T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF A KID SEPARATED FROM HIS PARENTS. SHIP ILLEGAL RELATIVES BACK TOO!
He told the truth,whether you or I agree or not.The Supreme Court DID rule on this issue in 1984 and said illegals Do have a right to attend public schools.
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