ClydeR
10-01-2011, 12:37 PM
After a federal judge allowed most of the new Alabama immigration law to go into effect, it's already working.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) — Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration.
Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their children from classes or kept them home this week, afraid that sending the kids to school would draw attention from authorities.
More... (http://news.yahoo.com/hispanic-students-vanish-alabama-schools-184555038.html)
"Younger students are watching their lives taken from their hands," said Palafox, whose family is staying put.
In Montgomery County, more than 200 Hispanic students were absent the morning after the judge's Wednesday ruling. A handful withdrew.
In tiny Albertville, 35 students withdrew in one day. And about 20 students in Shelby County, in suburban Birmingham, either withdrew or told teachers they were leaving.
A federal judge on Wednesday said Alabama law enforcement officers can try to check the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally, but blocked other parts of the state’s new crackdown law, which is the toughest in the country.
More... (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/28/judge-upholds-key-parts-alabama-immigration-law/)
And in a key part of her ruling, Judge Blackburn said the state can require schools to determine the legal status of students’ parents, though children of illegal immigrants may not be denied attendance.
School systems will ask parents and guardians to provide a copy of a child's birth certificate when they enroll in public school for the first time. If none is available, they will be asked for additional documentation and to sign a declaration that the student is a legal citizen or immigrant.
More... (http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/09/alabama_schools_will_check_imm.html)
A long time ago in a political climate far, far away the liberal dominated Supreme Court ruled (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plyler_v._Doe) that states are required to provide free K-12 education for illegal kids. It was a ruling that barely made it by one vote. Four of the five judge who voted for the ruling were appointed by Republican presidents. That won't happen with judges appointed by today's Republican candidates.
Now that the Supreme Court has become more conservative, it's time to overrule that decision. Although Alabama is not kicking illegal kids out of school, just deporting their parents, this Alabama case would give the Supreme Court a fine opportunity to revisit that earlier activist decision. That's part of the reason the law was enacted in the first place. There's absolutely nothing in the Constitution about providing free education to illegal kids.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) — Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration.
Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their children from classes or kept them home this week, afraid that sending the kids to school would draw attention from authorities.
More... (http://news.yahoo.com/hispanic-students-vanish-alabama-schools-184555038.html)
"Younger students are watching their lives taken from their hands," said Palafox, whose family is staying put.
In Montgomery County, more than 200 Hispanic students were absent the morning after the judge's Wednesday ruling. A handful withdrew.
In tiny Albertville, 35 students withdrew in one day. And about 20 students in Shelby County, in suburban Birmingham, either withdrew or told teachers they were leaving.
A federal judge on Wednesday said Alabama law enforcement officers can try to check the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally, but blocked other parts of the state’s new crackdown law, which is the toughest in the country.
More... (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/28/judge-upholds-key-parts-alabama-immigration-law/)
And in a key part of her ruling, Judge Blackburn said the state can require schools to determine the legal status of students’ parents, though children of illegal immigrants may not be denied attendance.
School systems will ask parents and guardians to provide a copy of a child's birth certificate when they enroll in public school for the first time. If none is available, they will be asked for additional documentation and to sign a declaration that the student is a legal citizen or immigrant.
More... (http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/09/alabama_schools_will_check_imm.html)
A long time ago in a political climate far, far away the liberal dominated Supreme Court ruled (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plyler_v._Doe) that states are required to provide free K-12 education for illegal kids. It was a ruling that barely made it by one vote. Four of the five judge who voted for the ruling were appointed by Republican presidents. That won't happen with judges appointed by today's Republican candidates.
Now that the Supreme Court has become more conservative, it's time to overrule that decision. Although Alabama is not kicking illegal kids out of school, just deporting their parents, this Alabama case would give the Supreme Court a fine opportunity to revisit that earlier activist decision. That's part of the reason the law was enacted in the first place. There's absolutely nothing in the Constitution about providing free education to illegal kids.