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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, an aspiring molecular and cellular biology concentrator, was stopped by TSA officials in his hometown last Monday when he tried to board a plane using a Mexican consulate card and his Harvard student identification. He was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, who kept him in a detention center for several hours before he was released...
...past, Balderas used his Mexican passport as sufficient identification to board domestic flights. But having lost his passport that weekend, he tried to board a plane from his hometown of San Antonio, Texas to Boston last Monday with his Mexican consulate card and Harvard identification instead—prompting the attention of immigration officials who soon discovered Balderas’ undocumented status...
...aftermath of Balderas’ detainment on Monday, friends and activists of immigration reform have rallied to his defense, highlighting the former valedictorian’s academic prowess and arguing that his deportation would stand a loss to American society—particularly given his interest in becoming a cancer researcher...
...Since Monday, Balderas has slowly become more vocal about his status as an undocumented student and has raised awareness for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which would provide undocumented youth with a six-year-long path to citizenship under certain conditions...