Thread: VA: Officials Fear Illegal Immigrants Won't Respond To Schoo

As usual it's mainly about the money.
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Officials Fear Illegal Immigrants Won't Respond To School Census
Census Anonymous, Used To Determine School Funding

UPDATED: 6:02 pm EST March 7, 2008


ARLINGTON, Va. -- Some school officials in northern Virginia said they are worried that undocumented immigrants will not respond to a census that helps determine funding for local school systems.

A new public service announcement in Spanish urges Virginia parents to take part in the state's census, which takes place every three years.

With illegal immigration such a hot topic and tough immigration policies taking effect in Prince William County, some officials said they are worried undocumented parents won't respond.

"People are afraid, and any mail that they receive at their homes, they double-check what it is," said Ernesto Campos, who reaches out to the Hispanic community for Arlington County schools.

The census cards, which are just being mailed out, don't ask for last names, just the first name and age of anyone in the household under age 19.

The census ad campaign aims, in part, to let undocumented immigrants know information is confidential and will not be passed along to law enforcement.

"That is our concern, that people, because of what is going on in other jurisdictions, that people will feel we're trying to gather information for some other purpose," said Robert Smith, Arlington County Schools superintendent. "This is our only purpose, and Arlington is taking a stand, as some other communities, that we want to be a welcoming place."

U.S. Rep. Jim Moran joined local Virginia school officials at a news conference Friday afternoon in Arlington. He said he is worried that schools will lose out if parents do not respond to the survey.

School funding from the state depends on the census. In Arlington, each student listed on a census card means about $2,300 to the child's school system.

Virginia schools are prohibited by law from asking about the immigration status of any student.

Prince William County school officials said they chose not to take part in Friday's news conference because they take a more low-key approach to the census.

http://www.nbc4.com/education/15530331/detail.html

"This is our only purpose, and Arlington is taking a stand, as some other communities, that we want to be a welcoming place."

And people wonder why we are being over-run by masses of illegals. As long as local governments make it clear that they welcome the reconquista, we will never be able to turn the tide in this invasion. Sure, they get money from the government for each illegal alien and anchor baby student enrolled in school, but who ends up paying for all the rest of their needs? The taxpayers, naturally. And as long as the local governments make it known to those living here illegally that they have nothing to fear from authorities, of course they will keep on coming and cranking out their huge litters of anchor babies.

In Arlington, each student listed on a census card means about $2,300 to the child's school system.

The census cards, which are just being mailed out, don't ask for last names, just the first name and age of anyone in the household under age 19.

The schools are MAILING OUT the census cards meaning they have the parent's NAMES AND ADDRESSES.............

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Maybe if the parents don't respond and these schools don't have enough funding, it will finally knock some sense into them into terms of what illegal aliens are costing this country.

Of course....if they really want the illegals to respond they should word the letters in such a way that the illegals will think that someone wants to give them more free money. Hell, even ICE could do that and they'd respond in a heartbeat.

Isn't VA "toughening their laws" in favor of Americans and legal immigrants?