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Balderas, who immigrated illegally to the United States from Mexico with his family when he was 4, was detained in San Antonio, Texas when trying to board a plane to Boston with a consulate card and his Harvard identification...
Eric Balderas '13, whose detainment last Monday for unlawfully being in the United States attracted international attention, is no longer facing deportation to Mexico, the Boston Globe reported Friday night...
Balderas’ supporters have been rallying behind the DREAM Act and providing reasons he should be permitted to stay in the United States—but those who believe that Balderas should be deported to Mexico have raised their voices as well...
Ohno said that Balderas would have had to return to Mexico and apply for a student visa, upon which he would be barred for 10 years by the U.S. government due to existing records of his illegal residence in the United States...
Balderas—who said he cannot remember ever not speaking English—was only 4-years-old when he immigrated to the United States from Mexico with his family to escape domestic violence. Balderas' supporters argue that undocumented youth like him did not have a say in choosing to break the law when crossing into the United States...