Posted on 09/21/2009 12:48:01 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Students living in northern Mexico have skirted residency requirements to attend U.S. public schools for generations, but when the superintendent in one Texas border town got word that about 400 school-age children were crossing the international bridge each day with backpacks but no student visas, he figured he had to do something.
The community is connected by a bridge to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, and like most border cities, the towns operate in tandem, with U.S. citizens and green cardholders living, working and shopping on both sides. All of it is legal, but public school attendance by children living in Mexico is another issue.
"We had several van loads (with Mexican license plates) pulling up at the schools and kids getting out. It's like 'C'mon, it's obvious what's going on,'" said Kelt Cooper, superintendent of the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.
He directed district officials to stake out the bridge and warn students they could face expulsion if they don't prove they live in the district—a move that's brought complaints from civil rights groups and support from anti-immigrant proponents.
"We have a law. We have a policy. We follow it," said Cooper, whose spent most of his life near the border and is uncomfortable with attempts to make him a cause celebre for either side of the immigration debate. "I'm just doing my job."
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Kelt Cooper?
Como es llame Kelt Cooper?
Sounds like a racist to me.
Horale!
Sudden, unexpected outbreak of common sense in South Texas.
400 kids time an average of $13,000+ a year for ESL students, means $5.2 million dollars going out the door. Your Mexican neighbors say, thanks US taxpaying suckers.
While attending schools in other districts in the U.S. is not unheard of, it usually comes with payment for that student.
If and when the Mexican federal or state government would like to kick in something instead of always being the beggars at the party, it would be reasonable to have localized acceptance of students. On the border, it's not such a big deal. Or wasn't, until the guests at the party started making nuisances of themselves.
ping
How many American kids hang out on the international bridge before school every day, at the same time? Uh huh.
What a concept. This guy is obviously a racist.
I wonder how Justice Sotomeyer will rule when this case comes before the SCOTUS? (Well, no, I don’t really wonder.)
Now there's a shocker!!!
so will this policy just ensure that Mexican families just move illegally into the country so the children can legally attend school?
It is my opinion that since we are supporting Mexico already we should invade and seize their assets.
This is what I’ll never understand about how Mexican Americans - here legally - why they are OK fine with illegal immigrants.
Illegals aren’t taking my job. Nope, they are taking minimum wage jobs from the legal Mexican Americans. Illegals aren’t crowding out my kids from going to school. Nope, they are doing this to the poor legal immigrants.
So Why? Why are the legal Mexican Americans so anxious for even more illegals to come over and take away what little they have?
when is California’s next? i am a Republican in Exile, and let me tell you, every day, kids come across the US border with Tijuana, matter of fact i know of 6 students at my school that live in Tijuana and use a maildrop box and relative’s adress to study in California as residents..how about that?
"It does cost us to educate these children, but we also get a benefit because we know they are likely to impact our economy in some way," said Ratcliffe, noting that many will work in the U.S. as adults.A minor addition, if I may:
...noting that many will work illegally in the U.S. as adults
It’s funny how “rule of law” is now a political issue: The Democrats of course will side with the illigals (probably), and agains our own laws!
Fixed it for you.AWB
Woah...good thing that super isn’t in charge of who’s eligable to run for POTUS!
"Blood's thicker than the mud"
It's a family affair....
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