North Carolina Student Suspended for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ in Class

Another student in the classroom was reportedly offended when the student used the term in a question to his teacher.

Illegal immigrants walk along the highway through Arriaga in Chiapas state, Southern Mexico, on Jan. 8, 2024. Edgar H. Clemente/AP Photo

A 16-year-old high school student in Lexington, North Carolina, was reportedly suspended for three days after he used the term “illegal alien” in English class.

The student’s mother, Leah McGhee, told local newspaper Carolina Journal that her son’s English teacher at Central Davidson High School had assigned the word “alien” during a vocabulary assignment on Tuesday.