Thread: Trump aides wanted to block illegal immigrant children from enrolling in public schoo

Trump aides wanted to block illegal immigrant children from enrolling in public schools

Aug. 17, 2019
by Caitlin Yilek

Top aides to President Trump tried to find a way to allow states to block illegal immigrant children from enrolling in public schools.

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller spearheaded the effort as early as 2017, pressuring Cabinet officials and other White House officials to try and find a way to limit the enrollment of illegal immigrant children, Bloomberg reported.

Miller wanted the Department of Education to issue a guidance memo telling states they could refuse to admit undocumented students from kindergarten through high school.

“The memo wasn’t issued because the secretary would never consider it,” Education Department spokeswoman Liz Hill said in a statement.

The push was abandoned after the aides were told it did not align with a 1982 Supreme Court case, Plyler v. Doe, guaranteeing access to public schools.

About 725,000 undocumented students from kindergarten through high school were enrolled in public and private schools in 2014, according to a Pew Research Center study. Spending on the students could exceed $8 billion annually, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier this year.

The strategy falls in line with the administration’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. Earlier this week, the administration announced it could block immigrants from becoming permanent residents if they had used Medicaid, public housing assistance, or food stamps for more than 12 months over a three-year period.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...public-schools

No more TWO sets of rules for illegal aliens!

They have NO Student Visa to attend our schools.

Boot them out of our schools and out of our country with their illegal alien parents.

THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THOSE WHO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISA TO COME HERE LEGALLY!

Trump aides wanted to block illegal immigrant children from enrolling in public school
-------------------------------


We did that in California in 1994 and a federal judge ruled it is unconstitutional.

CALIFORNIA PROP 187 RISES FROM THE DEAD



"Prop 187 would have denied schooling, medical care and other social services to undocumented immigrants and their families."

Does this include anchor babies? Most of the children belonging to illegals were born in the U.S, and due to birthright citizenship , legally receive all this welfare. Any attempt to cut welfare to illegals will involve ending citizenship to their children.

"The push was abandoned after the aides were told it did not align with a 1982 Supreme Court case, Plyler v. Doe, guaranteeing access to public schools."

Trump aides pushed for states' ability to block migrant kids from enrolling in public schools: report

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 08/17/19 12:31 PM EDT 1,342


© Getty Images

Some White House aides reportedly joined in an effort to try to limit undocumented immigrants' access to public benefits, including the public school system.

Bloomberg reported Saturday that Trump aide Stephen Miller led an effort beginning in 2017 that sought out ways to limit public school enrollment among undocumented immigrants, and pressed Cabinet officials as well as the White House Domestic Policy Council to aid his efforts.

The plan was eventually abandoned, with Bloomberg reporting that Miller was informed that his efforts would run afoul of a Supreme Court decision guaranteeing access to public schools to all residents of the U.S. including undocumented immigrants.

Miller's efforts reportedly got as far as the crafting of a guidance memo to be sent by the Department of Education (DOE) informing states that they could refuse public school access to undocumented students.

The reported memo was never released, and a spokesperson for DOE told Bloomberg that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "would never consider it.”

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill on Saturday.

Frank Sharry, director of the immigrant advocacy group America's Voice, ripped the reported effort.

“Such a radical policy change would be unlawful, unacceptable and un-American,” Sharry told Bloomberg. “The notion that we should punish little kids who go to school and pledge allegiance to our flag because Trump and Miller want to make America white again is incredibly cruel, dark and sinister.”

Bloomberg cited an unnamed senior administration official who broadly pushed back on accounts of Miller's initiative as coming from disgruntled bureaucrats. The official also emphasized the "strain" undocumented immigrants put on social services, the outlet reported.

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...rant-kids-from

Kudos to Stephen Miller for trying.