Hispanic Students Disappearing From Alabama Schools
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Will hispanic students head back to class (creative commons)
Their fears come from a court ruling that upheld the state’s strong crack down on illegal immigration. School systems are supposed to begin checking the status of first-time enrollees immediately. The law, however, does not require proof of citizenship to enroll.
The Obama administration filed an appeal Friday hoping the new law would be overturned.
Many school principals claim parents have nothing to fear and urge parents to keep their kids in school. The anxiety, however, has been too much for some families. Some couples have moved out of the state in fear of punishment.
Just this past week, the state distributed letters to parents insisting the immigration information will only be used for statistics.
“Rest assured that it will not be a problem if you are unable or unwilling to provide either of the documents [citizenship documents or sworn statements by parents].”
Read more about the story from the Associated Press here.
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I agree that illegal immigration is wrong, but the decisions of parents should not hinder young students aspirations to EDUCATION. The government is preying on little kids in SCHOOL for god sakes. I understand that people's first reaction to the problem is "why didnt you come here legally?" but the truth of the matter is that the US GOVERNMENT makes it IMPOSSIBLE for Mexicans- our allies in the war against drugs and the war on terror- to immigrate to the US. GET INFORMED THE US IMMIGRATION POLICY DOES NOT WORK, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEEDS IMMIGRATION REFORM! btw you call us Mexicans, but if you see beyond color/ethnicity you will find Americans.
Hard to believe that the comment section of Neon Tommy can degenerate into the kind of invective found in the LA Times or, god forbid, the Daily News (eww). Harder to believe, that students, who presumably are in school to expand their horizons, can so closely parrot their parents' nonsense beliefs. Smh.
Do you know what NT's readership is? They work hard to get it beyond USC, I would hope that it's more than USC students commenting on the page.
Taxes get taken out of illegal immigrants' checks before they receive their money. Where does that money go? It's supposed to be for health benefits that they don't receive.
Also, I'm sure if the process of becoming a legal immigrant took less than 7 years, or whatever it is, then yeah, they might go for that option. Why is everyone so damn harsh on illegal immigrants? Some get jipped on their wages (which are minimal to begin with) because of corrupt bosses who can threaten them with deportation, they're probably living in pretty crappy conditions, and they're always trying to stay out of trouble because they don't want to get deported.
The problem is that they don't contribute enough money into the system. They take out more than they add. Since they use our public schools and hospitals cause they don't have insurance. They reap rewards that are paid by us. Most of them don't make over 30k a year and what they pay is minimal into the system in taxes.
Why is it such a problem that people who are here illegaly not get special treatment? I know the people who I have meet who came here legally don't expect special treatment. They want to be treated the same as very american. Theillegals are just like every other person in this counrty who breaks the law. They want to break the law and then cry they are being treated unfairly hen infact it is they who are being unfair to us.
apparently you don't listen to the news. There is an offical unemployment rate of US citizens about 9%. The unofficial rate is closer to 20%. If all the illegals went home, there would be a line out the door to apply for that job. Illegals are hired because they wor for less than the legal min wage and put up with poor working and living conditions. Who do you think had those jobs before the illegals arrived ? American citizens.
You people are a bunch of idiots who stare at a point on the wall but refuse to see the bigger picture!!! The one reason why you're trying to get ride of Hispanics is not becouse of taxas, its becouse its convinient to you right now. Later in time when they do leave, those thousands of working spots and that were an immensely important in the economy will be empty and the state's economy will lose millions of dollars that idiots like you benefit from without knowing!!!!!!!!!
I have no problem with immigrants who want to come to our country for a better life, but feel they should do it legally. No illegal immigrant should benefit from government funds or services.
U don't have the right to be alive right now. Just Tue rack that u think about killing an other human being makes u inhuman!!!! I don't care which you are or were you come from!!!!!! But if that's what your parents taught you, they should be ashamed! !!!!!