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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe the solution would be to enforce our federal laws and [b]deport the families[/b]. Flame away but the problem will never ever get better. It won't even stay the same. It will only get worse and worse. I get the empathy but the fact remains. Our borders are basically open, the article about Montgomery County, MD being the #2 place to live for illegals is very scary. Our test scores go down, ratios get higher, we can never estimate the # incoming kids with thousands of illegal immigrants coming yearly and the schools are overcrowded. Public services on the school budget (Farms/ESL) take up billions of dollars each year. Money needed to build new schools, recruit better teachers. Money that the county will never get if our path continues this way.  Private and Parochial schools have massive wait lists. People are fed up. Schools try to help assimilate and it does not work.  [/quote]

Including the American born sons and daughters? Does that make sense in the long-run when those young people are U.S. citizens who can legally return at age 18 to work here anyway? I'd think it's best to educate them so that they will be productive members of our society in 10 to 15 years.[/quote]

Exactly. Everyone benefits from an educated society. Touting your success while trying to keep others shut out just exacerbates the situation.

I think they should redraw boundaries. Why should my kids be denied a good, diverse school for the sake of property values in Potomac or wherever? Do you really think people living in the wealthy parts of the county who currently send their kids to public school would flee the school system if their kids had to go to school with kids zoned for the DCC? [/quote]

Yes they would. [/quote]

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