Posted on 12/15/2007 1:32:00 PM PST by CedarDave
A Roswell school resource officer has been barred from local campuses after he pulled a pregnant 18-year-old high school senior out of class and referred her to immigration authorities for deportation to Mexico.
The student was determined to be an illegal immigrant, and Roswell Police Chief John Balderston defended the officer's actions.
But the police chief said Roswell Independent School District Superintendent Michael Gottlieb requested the officer's removal from schools "because he (Gottlieb) didn't want the officer checking on the immigration status of the students."
The student's removal from the school Dec. 5 has prompted an outcry from Hispanic residents in a city where more than half of the roughly 9,000 public school students are Hispanic.
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Dozens of Roswell residents met with Balderston and Gottlieb last week to voice their concerns and met again Monday with Gottlieb.
Under Roswell's school district policy, school officials do not try to ascertain the legal status of students, school board member George Peterson said Wednesday.
"The police officer who did that, he did not have our permission to do that," Peterson said, referring to the referral of the high school senior to federal agents. "He did that on his own."
... Roswell High School senior Karina Acosta [was stopped] at the school for a parking violation in late November and was not carrying a driver's license...
Acosta told the officer she could produce the driver's license and he allowed her several days to do so, Balderston said...
When Acosta did not produce a driver's license, the officer had Acosta pulled from class. In the course of trying to confirm Acosta's identity, the officer learned the student was an illegal immigrant and subsequently contacted immigration authorities, Balderston said.
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“It was a tossup as to whether my subtitle was “cry me a river” or “one less Roswell alien.” “
Just the normal “BARF ALERT” would have sufficed
:)
At first it reads like she was just pulled out of school...but she was stopped with a traffic violation and given plenty of time to turn over the DL she claimed to have...(I would have been arrested if I did that)
After several DAYS she was then pulled out of class as that was the only address they had on her...and THEN she was IDed as an illegal alien and deported...
So what’s the problemo??
Link requires a paid subscription. Where is the girl now?
Looks like we got a twofer there!
I think it’s great news! Her deportation saved us from having her kid become an American citizen which would have granted her and her hubby, and all the rest of the clan as citizens!! He should get a medal. Fortunately, King Bill Richardson is campaigning and wasn’t here to trounce on the man who took her in. I’m sure he will still do it when he gets back!
Anchors AWAY, my boys, anchors away!..........
You mean, two or more less aliens! Get her out before the anchor baby comes and anchors half of Mexico with it! They are all one family, of course!
Gee, and she won’t even have a welfare anchor baby to use as her cash cow.
Yes, the officer should get a medal.
Probably about a quarter of the population.
The Journal didn't know where she is now.
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