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Pregnant Roswell Student Deported (Cry me a river alert!)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | December 13, 2007 | Rene Romo

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; anchorbabies; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; immigration; roswell
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It was a tossup as to whether my subtitle was "cry me a river" or "one less Roswell alien."

Further in the article it mentioned that the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund is looking into the case to determine if the police department acted properly. Looks like they will try to bring suit against the officer for doing his job.

1 posted on 12/15/2007 1:32:02 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

What I don’t understand is why any paper thinks this is news.


2 posted on 12/15/2007 1:33:06 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Islam is the E-Ticket ride at Nutsberry Farm)
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To: CedarDave

Another anchor baby? I am so sick of this. Deport them all and give that officer a medal.


3 posted on 12/15/2007 1:34:29 PM PST by donnab (saving liberal brains...one moron at a time.)
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To: CedarDave

Every nickel of Federal and state $$$ that this school gets should be withdrawn.


4 posted on 12/15/2007 1:35:02 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: CedarDave

Roswell? How do they know what planet to send her back to and how they gonna get her there?


5 posted on 12/15/2007 1:35:28 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: CedarDave

This officer should be commended. Schools should be required to report students that aren’t legal or else have all federal and state funds cut off.


6 posted on 12/15/2007 1:36:31 PM PST by Maelstorm (The way to get others to mind their own business is to keep your business where others don't mind.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

It should not be news. It should be a common procedural matter happening every day in every state in this country. But those who are in despair over this girl’s circumstances need not lose any more sleep. She will be back in time to find a US hospital in which to give birth thereby dropping her anchor.


7 posted on 12/15/2007 1:36:58 PM PST by Route66 (America's Main Street - - - Fred D. Thompson / Consistent Conservative...The One with Gravitas)
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To: CedarDave
Pregnant Roswell Student Illegal Immigrant Deported

There,fixed it.
8 posted on 12/15/2007 1:37:13 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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To: CedarDave

I’m hoping she gives birth in Mexico—one less anchor baby


9 posted on 12/15/2007 1:39:06 PM PST by dennisw (Islam - "a transnational association of dangerous lunatics")
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To: CedarDave

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10 posted on 12/15/2007 1:40:53 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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These are the kooky criminals to whom we entrust our children every day -- kooks who demand that a police officer, not only ignore the law he is supposed to enforce, but to commit a felony by concealing evidence of wrong doing he finds while pursuing a lawful investigation.

Ain't we lucky to have such gems molding the minds of our young citizens?????

11 posted on 12/15/2007 1:42:13 PM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (Tolerating intolerance is not a "value," it's self-destructive stupidity.)
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Why don’t they demand that people come over here legally instead? I will never understand it.


12 posted on 12/15/2007 1:44:09 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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"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."

Sure. No problem. The police will be sure from now on to check with the school board (or other quasi-government body as may be appropriate) as to what other laws they may be empowered to enforce. Or not. What astounding arrogance!

13 posted on 12/15/2007 1:45:17 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (The subprime crisis is contained. And the containment is spreading.)
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To: CedarDave

Border Patrol needs to scoop him up and hire him


14 posted on 12/15/2007 1:50:59 PM PST by RDTF (Remember Pearl Harbor)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Send her back and give the officer a medal.


15 posted on 12/15/2007 1:58:26 PM PST by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: CedarDave
So, there are aliens at Roswell.
16 posted on 12/15/2007 1:59:54 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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To: dennisw

The lib courts will probably declare it an anchor baby since it was conceived in the United States.


17 posted on 12/15/2007 2:12:17 PM PST by reg45
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To: CedarDave
Gottleib should be fired and indicted for criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
18 posted on 12/15/2007 2:14:01 PM PST by Truth29 (on of justice.)
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This was all over Jim Villanucci's show...from what I could tell on the drive home, there was very little sympathy for the pregnant illegal from the callers.

19 posted on 12/15/2007 2:14:57 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (We need a man with a STEEL SPINE in the White House(FRED), not a pandering flip-flopper!)
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To: CedarDave

Kudos to that officer!


20 posted on 12/15/2007 2:19:44 PM PST by Continental Soldier
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