Dear member of Fox Valley Citizens for Legal Immigration,
A "Call to Action" was just sent out by the "Chicago Latino Network" (a pro-illegal group, "effectively reaching over 27,000 Chicagoland Latino Professionals"). The bulletin (see below) spells out the details of a new amendment proposed by the State Board of Education to embed into the rules enough direction to make enforcement of current immigration laws even more difficult.

Note the email address for public comment and suggestions. The deadline for comments is Monday, February 19, 2007. However, if you agree with the approach of funding education for all children, regardless of the alien status of the parent(s), and you do not mind paying for it in your increased property and state income taxes, do nothing.

If this rule change goes into place, administrators may not even be able to discern if children live in their district. The intent is to change the rules in case the Supreme Court changes its ruling on this issue or in case Congress modifies the law.

It's a shame that such groups as the "Chicago Latino Network" (CLN) continue to make race and culture the basis of such initiatives, as though all Latinos are pro-illegal. Such is not the case, and the racism of such groups needs to be exposed. There are many good, upstanding Latinos who are legal citizens and do not support the efforts of such extreme left-wing, pro-illegal alien organizations as the CLN, ICIRR, LULAC, ACLU, PRLDEF, MALDEF, Bill Sarto and others.

We are each individually a part of the problem or we are a part of the solution. Edmund Burke once said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Please, do something, and be part of the solution!

Hope to see you Tuesday night at the Carpentersville Village Board meeting....

Thanks for your involvement!
Bob Sperlazzo, Chairman
Fox Valley Citizens for Legal Immigration
www.FoxValleyCitizens.com


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CALL TO ACTION!
(Deadline: Monday, February 19, 2007)

Please be advised that an amendment recently proposed by the State Board of Education is currently available for public comment. This item has been posted on the agency’s web site (PDF). Please submit any comments or suggestions you may have to rules@isbe.net.


Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)

This amendment will amplify Section 1.240 to be more explicit regarding the prohibition against enrollment practices that would be discriminatory toward undocumented students. In particular, it will provide that the documentation districts accept as proof of residency may not be restricted in such a way as to allow only for documents that undocumented students would not have.


Proposed Amendment to Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)

Prior to, and during the first few months of, each school year, agency staff receives numerous complaints regarding school districts’ improper enrollment policies and practices and their effect on undocumented children. Specifically, and notwithstanding current law, some school districts require for enrollment that prospective students submit documentation generally unavailable to undocumented persons (e.g., an Illinois driver’s license, Social Security card, voter registration card, public aid card or a document from DHS or DCFS). For example, a school district may require on its enrollment form that a prospective student, whose parent has already provided a lease or mortgage evidencing residency in the district, also provide two items from a list of six—where four of those six items are generally unavailable to undocumented students.

In other instances, school districts simply inquire into a student’s immigration status. Such practices have a chilling effect on the rights of immigrant students to enroll in public schools, because they create a legitimate fear of deportation and/or other consequences. While staff believes that current law (such as the United States Supreme Court’s 1982 decision in Plyler v. Doe) already prohibits such inequitable enrollment practices, this proposed amendment to Section 1.240 is intended to make these protections more explicit and to provide a concrete standard by which compliance can be gauged.



Effectively reaching over 27,000 Chicagoland Latino Professionals!






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