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Nervous and stressed, Balderas said he thought constantly about the safety of his family throughout Monday's events and even considered writing a letter to his mother.
"I had been so strong before," Balderas recalled. "And now my spirits were just destroyed."
Balderas was released on Monday, pending an immigration hearing July 6. The rising sophomore, who eventually took a flight to Boston on Wednesday, chose not to return home and did not tell his mother about the incident.
Balderas, an undocumented student, had presented his Harvard identification and a consular card from the Mexican government upon misplacing his Mexican passport and now faces the possibility of deportation to Mexico.
"Eric Balderas has already demonstrated the discipline and work ethic required for rigorous university work, and has, like so many of our undergraduates, expressed an interest in making a difference in the world," Christine M. Heenan, vice president for public affairs and communications, wrote in an e-mailed statement.