Undocumented Harvard student faces deportation

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edited June 2010 in A Moving Train
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/6/14/balderas-others-undocumented-immigration/

This kid was brought to the U.S. when he was 4 years old to escape a domestic violence situation in Mexico. He doesn't even remember living there. He just finished his freshman year at Harvard, where he is studying molecular and cellular biology so he can become a cancer researcher.


(You know how anti-abortion people are always saying, "What if you aborted the kid who was going to find a cure for cancer?" Well what if you deported the kid who was going to find a cure for cancer?)
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    They don't have laboratories or colleges in Mexico?
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    scb wrote:
    http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/6/14/balderas-others-undocumented-immigration/

    This kid was brought to the U.S. when he was 4 years old to escape a domestic violence situation in Mexico. He doesn't even remember living there. He just finished his freshman year at Harvard, where he is studying molecular and cellular biology so he can become a cancer researcher.


    (You know how anti-abortion people are always saying, "What if you aborted the kid who was going to find a cure for cancer?" Well what if you deported the kid who was going to find a cure for cancer?)

    I didn't read the article, but couldn't he pretty easily get a student visa?
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  • Stypo420
    Stypo420 Posts: 519
    I think we should rush his citizenship, sounds like he is going to be making some good money soon. So let’s make sure he has everything he needs to pay his taxes. What would be the benefit of deporting this person?
  • Stypo420
    Stypo420 Posts: 519
    I would like to add that I would understand if we wanted to deport him because he possessed intelligence. Seems to me America enjoys being dumb.
  • _
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    unsung wrote:
    They don't have laboratories or colleges in Mexico?

    Are you saying that the Mexican universities are comparable to Harvard?
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I didn't read the article, but couldn't he pretty easily get a student visa?

    I don't know how easy it is - especially if you've just been deported. If it's that easy, why don't they just give him a visa already instead of threatening deportation?

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    The part that seems most outrageous to me is that we're trying to deport people to countries they can't even remember living in.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I know there are universities that are comparable with Harvard, I don't know where all might be located. I'm guessing Mexico City might have some good schools.

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