Posted on 08/15/2015 6:33:22 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
The School District of Philadelphia’s special registration for immigrant students who speak a language other than English closes on Aug. 28, giving families of such students roughly two weeks to register their child for the upcoming school year.
The school year begins Sept. 8 for grades 1 through 12, and on Sept. 12 for kindergarten students; interested families should contact the Multilingual Assessment Center at (215) 400–4240 and selecting option 1. The office is open for registration Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Student registration packets are also available through the district’s website at www.philasd.org/announcements/New-Immigrant-Student-Registration-Packet.pdf.
Last year, the center registered more than 800 students from more than 70 countries. Collectively, those students spoke more than 40 different native languages.
The district also noted families shouldn’t be concerned about registering their child based on their immigration status. The district referred to Plyler v. DOE, a U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that it is unconstitutional to deny free public education to children who are not legally admitted into the United States.
City immigrant populations have been on the rise since Mayor Michael Nutter’s signage of a a pair of executive orders, starting in 2009.
“All city services, including but not limited to the following listed services, shall be made available to all city of Philadelphia residents, consistent with applicable law, regardless of the person’s citizenship or legal immigration status,” read a portion of one order. “[Those services include] police and fire services; medical services, such as emergency medical services, general medical care at community health centers and immunization; testing and treatment with respect to communicable diseases; mental health services; children protective services and access to city facilities, such as libraries and recreation centers.”
That order also stipulated that law enforcement officials alone are allowed to question an individual’s immigration status, or those who work for a municipally–governed service or program. Nutter’s second immigrant executive oder, signed in 2014, ended the procedure of detaining individuals without a warrant on behalf of Immunization and Customs Enforcement.
“No person in the custody of the city who otherwise would be released from custody shall be detained pursuant an ICE civil immigration detainer request,” read a portion of the most recent executive order, “nor shall notice of his or her pending release be provided, unless such person is being released after conviction for a first or second degree felony involving violence and the detainer is supported by a judicial warrant.
“The police commissioner, the superintendent of prisons and all other relevant officials to the city are nearby required to take appropriate action to implement this order.”
And earlier this summer, Jim Kenney, winner of May’s democratic mayoral primary, joined with pro–immigrant groups Juntos and Philadelphia Stands United to support Nutter’s stance on immigration and to roundly reject Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments on immigrants.
“I also would wish that the United States congress would be as animated and as energetic about gun violence and education as they are about holding immigrants without a warrant,” Kenney said. “Our neighborhoods are not safer if people are afraid of the police. They’re not safer if they’re afraid to come forward and be a witness. They’re not safer if the relationship between the police and the community is a negative one.”
Mayor’s Office of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez said Nutter has “repeatedly stated that a piecemeal approach to immigration is not effective and has called onto congress and the federal government to address our broken system by enacting reform that reflects the welcoming values that our nation and our city were founded on.”
People were once expected to attempt to dress up as best they could (with charity help available) and look for work once arriving in said “flop house” however.
Now it’s poooooooooor youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu won’t you be our perpetual welfare peeeeeeeeeeeeeets?
And the school has to hire interpreters for every language there.
Not so....there was almost zero immigration from 1924-1970.
Yeah, but, back then they came ‘yearning to breathe free’, not live free.
Or, freeload.
To many this must seem strangely degrading in a way. Oh they’ll take the pot of jam, it is better than starving. But where has the dignity gone. They might as well be pets.
Right. They'd rather hire 39 extra teachers.
Agreed, 100%. Times have changed, our “welfare state” has changed, and the flop house should be shut down.
We can’t afford a combination of welfare state for all and easy immigration.
Even welfare as we know it today is not really welfare because it lacks a dignity side. The older workfare, even when it was gratuitous makework, was better than the present idea of dole.
“those students spoke more than 40 different native languages”
Ya wanna know how many Philadelphians showed up to support opposition to the sanctuary city hearing in city council?
One.
Two came from Bucks County and two from Montgomery County.
I believe it. I used to do a nation radio show way back in the early 90s about the coming immigration crisis, both illegal & legal. We had millions of listeners in 38 states & sometime we would go for the whole hour without one phone call....there was just no will to survive. It’s changed somewhat, but it’s not that different from then.
Was it publicized at all?
I guess it would be too much to stop letting them in the first place
And I bet they have to have interpreters for each one.
Immediately fire all the teachers and administrators who speak English only. Replace them with several dozen multilingual employees.
The woman in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-In-PqrChY&feature=youtu.be has a contact list more than ten years old that includes two tea party groups and assorted leaders in various pro-American causes. I know it was used at least twice.
One of the Bucks County activists contacted the morning radio talk show guy who just returned from doing his show for a week in Isreal.
As for the Inkwire, there was an article about the mayor’s desire to stop the cooperation between the PD and ICE prior to the council hearing.
I’d say there was sufficient notice to get more than half a dozen people out there. But that’s Philadelphia for ya.
We hear a lot about Chicago killings and shootings every weekend
but what about Philly?
Is there any difference?
“I guess it would be just too much to ask that they be taught English.”
Not necessary for the younger kids-——immersion does the trick they way it did for immigrants that came years ago.
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Immigration is just totally out of control. Thanks to our inept Congress of 20 years both parties.
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