Texas Latina Student Refuses To Wear High School Tracking ID, Calls It "Mark Of The Devil"

One Texas teen is fighting back against her high school's decision to use tracking devices on student's IDs. Andrea Hernandez, 15, refused to wear the tracking device, calling it the "mark of the devil," Fox News Latino reported on Monday.

Hernandez was kicked out of her John Jay High School's Science and Engineering Academy after refusing to wear the device but will be allowed to return after being granted a temporary restraining order against the school district.

The 15-year-old San Antonio student has said that she believes the tracking device is Satanic and claimed it goes against her religious principles. According to Fox News Latino, Hernandez also stated that the device, which tracks students' movements on school grounds, invades her right to privacy.

Fox News Latino reported that a final decision would be made on Wednesday to determine whether Hernandez has the right to refuse to wear the tracking ID card. If granted the right to refuse, the case would set precedent for students in other states against similar tracking devices.

Hernandez's lawyer, Marc Whitehead, from the Rutherford Institute, told reporters, "This will send a message, if we can get the junction, students will be able to opt out of this program."

The teen was removed from her school earlier this year when she refused to wear the tracking ID. The IDs use Radio Frequency Identification chips that produce a radio signal when students are skipping class or playing hooky, Fox News Latino reported.

Hernandez's school district, Northside Independent School District, was the first Texas district to test the RFID tracking system.

Jay Stanley, senior policy ACLU analyst, said, "They pose direct privacy problems for students. They also raise the question what are we teaching our children, schools teach not only what they say but by example."

Some critics of the tracking IDs claimed that the system could be hacked by sexual predators, posing a risk for students. According to My San Antonio, someone with the hacker group Anonymous attempted to hack into the system on Saturday but failed. Despite the failure, the attempt further fueled fears of what could happen to the tracking devices.

Stanley added, "Are we creating a generation that is going to be acclimated to that kind of government tracking? Is that really something we want to do in America?"