North Carolina School Board Sued for Suspending Student Over ‘Illegal Alien’ Remark

The district is accused of violating the student’s first amendment rights and blocking his opportunity to appeal the suspension.
North Carolina School Board Sued for Suspending Student Over ‘Illegal Alien’ Remark
Screenshot of public video of Davidson County School Board meeting in Lexington, North Carolina, on May 6, 2024.
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The Liberty Justice Center has filed a lawsuit against Davidson County Schools in North Carolina on behalf of the family of a high school student who was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” during English class.

Last month, Christian McGhee, a sophomore at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, was accused of racism and suspended from school for three days after asking his teacher whether the word “alien” used during a vocabulary lesson was in reference to “space aliens or illegal aliens.”
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