Some leaders across the country are taking a preemptive strike on overcrowded schools and local property tax hikes despite a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that determined all children, regardless of legal status, are entitled to a free K–12 education.
When state legislatures reconvene next month, elected representatives will discuss laws that shift the costs of educating illegal immigrants to the federal government, require proof of U.S. citizenship for school choice voucher programs, or deny deeply discounted in-state college tuition rates to undocumented residents.
The rest of the country—whether school districts that have been inundated with new students and the massive expense of educating so many children that are still learning English, or sanctuary cities and counties and the immigration advocacy agencies that support them—will all be watching closely….