States, Cities Forced To Pay For Millions of Immigrant Children
"While Congress and the White House wrangle over
federal policy on illegal immigrants, states and cities are wrestling with ways to accommodate their children - most of them U.S.-born American citizens, all with full rights to public education," according to the Washington Post. "Some politicians and organizations contend that initiatives tailored to assist these children only lure more illegal immigrants to the United States . . . School officials in Houston plan to open a school specifically for immigrants - whether or not they are in the country legally. A new report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which seeks tougher enforcement of immigration laws, asserts that educating children of illegal immigrants costs Texas more than $4 billion annually."
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