N.C. State: Grant Facing Immigration Issues, Could be Deported

Wolfpack Forward Could Be Deported: North Carolina State sophomore forward Gavin Grant is being investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and may face a hearing where he could be deported. Grant, who has been in the U.S. since 1994, entered the country from Jamaica after his mother, and then attended middle school and high school in the Bronx. A hearing in federal immigration court in Atlanta is the next step, though it has not been scheduled. The NCAA stated that residency and citizenship are not on eligibility checklists, as it is each school’s responsibility. Grant will remain enrolled in classes, though a N.C. State spokesperson stated that Grant is not enrolled as a foreign student. Grant, 20, averaged 4.2 points and 2.4 rebounds last season off the bench as a freshman. Grant apparently has few options. Deportation is one, but he could voluntarily leave, and then apply for re-entry. Yeah, that’ll make Herb Sendek happy. [10/11/05]