President Obama Tweeted Ahmed Mohamed inviting him to the White House.
The 14-year-old 9th grader
in Irving, Texas, was arrested yesterday for bringing a homemade clock to school. One of
his teachers mistook it for a bomb and called the authorities. He was handcuffed and arrested and walked off the premises. Ahmed is brown-skinned and Muslim.
#IStandWithAhmed is trending heavily on Twitter today and Ahmed has received national support, including this from presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton: