13-Year-Old and Family Deported Over 46 Cents | Immigrant Rights | Change.org

At a San Francisco school, a 13-year-old boy hit another youth and took 46 cents from him. He says the punch was meant as a joke, and the harassed student was unhurt; he apologized and returned the loose change. I have strong feelings against bullying, and I'm not even a fan of the roughhousing boys are often allowed to get away with. The kid definitely deserved after school detention; if the school wanted to be really tough, it might even consider suspending him.

Instead, he's being deported on felony charges, along with his mother and five-year-old brother, for "robbery, assault, and extortion," after the incident was reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and he was discovered to be undocumented.