Coverage dated April 16, 2024 to April 17, 2024

Outrage as high school student is suspended just for using the term ‘illegal alien’ in class discussion

Headline from New York Post

A 16-year-old North Carolina high school student says he was suspended just for saying “illegal alien" while discussing word meaning in English class -- possibly ruining his chances of landing a college sports scholarship.

New York Post's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Read the reports

Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

NewsBusters
16-Year-Old Student SUSPENDED After Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ in English Class (opens NewsBusters)
Published Apr 16, 2024
NewsBusters's feed description
Nope, we aren’t even kidding.
RedState
Speech Police Strike Again As High School Student Is Suspended for Using the Phrase 'Illegal Alien' (opens RedState)
Published Apr 16, 2024
New York Post
Outrage as high school student is suspended just for using the term ‘illegal alien’ in class discussion (opens New York Post)
Published Apr 16, 2024
New York Post's feed description
A 16-year-old North Carolina high school student says he was suspended just for saying “illegal alien" while discussing word meaning in English class -- possibly ruining his chances of landing a college sports scholarship.
Fox News
North Carolina high school student suspended over using the term 'illegal alien': Report (opens Fox News)
Published Apr 16, 2024
Fox News's feed description
A 16-year-old Lexington high school student's mom claimed he was suspended for three days after using the term “illegal alien" during an English class.
Blaze Media
High school student utters the phrase 'illegal alien.' Hours later, assistant principal suspends him: 'Racially insensitive' (opens Blaze Media)
Published Apr 17, 2024
Blaze Media's feed description
A North Carolina high school student was suspended last week because he dared utter the phrase "illegal alien" in class.Last week, Central Davidson High School student Christian McGhee asked his English teacher an otherwise innocuous question about a vocabulary assignment that included the word "ali…
Legitgov
North Carolina high school student is suspended for writing ‘illegal alien’ in an assignment after another student threatened to hurt him for using term (opens Legitgov)
Published Apr 17, 2024
The College Fix
Student suspended for saying ‘illegal alien’ when asking for clarification of assignment (opens The College Fix)
Published Apr 17, 2024
The College Fix's feed description
Discipline write-up reads ‘made a racially insensitive comment.’…

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.