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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, great that you point out that there are legal visa statuses other than PR.

IMO its not a bad idea that admissions for specialist magnet schools (TJ is the only example in NoVa) be reserved for those who pay into the system and their kids.  Non-resident legal or illegal status children are welcome to go to the local school pyramid.  Is it fair?  No, but this trend of some Asians gaming the system is not fair either.

This is all theoretical anyway, as the current law does not allow it.
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The problem with your approach is that you can never define what it means to pay into the system, and track who does it and who doesn't by visa status.  By the way, "paying into the system" and "legal  status" does not even necessarily go together.

Examples:

My husband and I, employed by an international organization. We pay no income taxes on primary income, no SS or FICA.  Yet we own several properties in Ffx County and pay real estate taxes (which I believe fund the schools) and property taxes. No TJ for for our kids?

My neighbor, the programmer.  Pays income taxes, pays SS and FICA (and may I add, is prohibited by the U.S. law from drawing from the system - even though he pays into it).  Pays real estate taxes, property taxes and all taxes that the citizens pay.  No TJ for his kids?

A more complicated example:

In my misguided youth, I had a night job at a restaurant waiting tables, obviously illegally because students can't legally work.  All the taxes were withheld from my paychecks, I paid income taxes, SS and FICA.  Legal? Not exactly.  Paying into the system? You bet.  No TJ for me kids?

Do you see the problem with this approach?[/quote]

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