“Mom, can you deport us?”: Woman reports that school director threatened her son when he went to ask for help because of bullying

The case of a teacher accused of bullying a migrant student in the United States can be analyzed as an act of hate.

The victim’s family accuses her of instilling fear in the student. The parent claims that teacher and interim principal Charlotte Buonassisi said she would call the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) “to deport him and his family,” Telemundo reported.

The criticized incident allegedly involved another student being intimidated by the teacher, but it was the relatives of the first, of Salvadoran descent, who raised the complaint reported to the American media.

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The event took place at Taggart Elementary in Philadelphia. The family arrived in that city in 2021. They had migrated from El Salvador.

Leslie Hernández, the student’s mother, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that “her son spoke only Spanish and was placed in a traditional eighth-grade classroom.”

Because he did not understand, “he became a victim of bullying, which started as teasing about the child’s inability to speak English (…). His companions forced him to take off his shoes and run around a track.

The American media report that the student was bullied so much that ‘he was late for school’.

The mother wanted to help when her son asked her what to do if he was bullied again. Hernández responded by “going to the principal because she is responsible for the safety of all students.”

Buonassisi called the Salvadoran woman’s son and the other student to the administration. It was February 28, 2022.

“Mom, can you deport us?”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the teacher “reprimanded both students and asked, ‘Are these two legal or illegal?’ There were two other adults in the office.

What the teacher said hurt Hernández, because she told them that if they continued “with her bad attitude, she would call the authorities and ICE to deport not only them, but their entire families.”

Hernández’s son returned home in fear. “Mom, you can deport us,” he said as he explained what the teacher did.

However, the aforementioned, who according to the aforementioned media is the granddaughter of an undocumented immigrant, said that the children misunderstood what she said and that she never threatened to call ICE.

The mother said – according to the media report in Philadelphia – that she had written a letter telling her everything, but that she was not open to it. He said the abuse against his son continued to worsen and he was removed.

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During one of these violent acts, according to the mother, he was ‘not cared for by the school nurse’.

They scratched him with a metal nail and threw pencils at him. On March 22, 2022, they pushed him against a wall and repeatedly kicked him in the head.

Leslie Hernández

His case was analyzed by “Together, a Latino defense group” and he received support from them. The youngest goes to another school, but he is afraid that such a strong episode will repeat itself. Leslie regrets what the minor has experienced and describes it: “I can’t say he’s happy.”

(JO)