The Immigration Reform Law Institute is supporting the federal lawsuit of a Davidson County student suspended from school for speaking the words “illegal alien” in class. The suit from 16-year-old Christian McGhee and his parents alleges that the local school system violated the student’s rights to free speech, due process, and education by suspending him from school earlier this year.
They argue that Christian’s due process rights were not violated because he was afforded a hearing prior to his suspension in compliance with state law and school policy. They say he was not entitled to appeal his short-term suspension under state law.
Just this week, the law firm representing the McGhee family filed a preliminary injunction to clear Christian’s academic record. They also released new information about the case.
Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly are expected to consider a new statute that would expand students' rights to appeal school suspensions, following outrage over a public school suspending a student for saying the word ‘illegal alien.'
A 16-year-old student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina was suspended for three days last week for using the term ‘illegal alien’ during a vocabulary assignment in his English class.
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