Former Altar Boy and Honor Graduate Faces Deportation

A man who was picked up by Border Patrol agents on July 16 is facing deportation.

Fredy Avellaneda's family came to Pahokee from Mexico in 1992 when he was 10. At age 12, Avellaneda became at altar boy in St. Mary's Parish and in 2001 he graduated from Pahokee High school with honors.

Avellaneda dreamed of going to college but could not because he doesn't have a Social Security number.

He was on his way to work clearing swamp land near the Everglades when he was picked up with a group of undocumented workers on Routh 27.

He has not been to Mexico since he was 10 and though he does have grandparents living there still, Avellaneda's mother states he would have no idea how to find them from the border.

Tim Keohane, managing attorney for Catholic Charities Immigration Service of Palm Beach County, says there is a possibility that Avellaneda will be released on bond due to his impecable record. Immigration reforms pending in Washington may help him eventually go to college.

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