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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite? [/quote]

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.
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Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years.  Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate [b]foreign nationals[/b] from another country. Every dollar spent on [b]another country's child[/b] is a dollar not spent on our own children.[/quote]

Before this goes any further, as an international family, I have to ask you to use the term "undocumented immigrant".

My children have dual citizenship. We are foreigners on visas living in Bethesda and pay all our taxes here. Most foreigners in this area are here LEGALLY and pay into the system. The next time you see a child with an accent in your children's school, don't assume they are undocumented.

Also, as someone who has had to jump through an incredible number of ridiculously complex and expensive hoops to stay legally in this country, I harbor no resentment whatsoever against innocent CHILDREN. They have fled gang violence and extreme poverty, I don't blame their parents either for doing their best to ensure a better future for them.

The USA has the means to welcome immigrants of all types. It has the space. It's true our MoCo public schools are burdened right now, but as someone involved in PTA efforts, I can tell you that the burden comes from domestic influx into certain specific areas of Montgomery County. Not foreign.

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What are you blathering about? No one cares about immigrants here LEGALLY.  My dad is a naturalized citizen who followed the law for immigration. So is my wife.  The problem are illegal immigrants.  No, I will not use 'undocumented immigrants' to describe people who break our laws, because that's the very definition of illegal immigration. I literally have POC blood running through my veins, because of my dad. Illegal immigration is illegal immigration.

Under what world laws are countries supposed to open their borders to those fleeing crime and poverty?  Newsflash: there's about 4 billion people in the world who'd fit that bill. So what, is the US a few countries in Europe, Australia, NZ, Canada, South Korea, Japan and a few other countries supposed to let in billions of people with no control?  It is not the responsibility of first world nations to open their borders every time a person wants to flee crime and poverty from their home country.  Countries need to fix themselves through effective governments and a well built economy.  There are no laws whatsoever that require countries to offer asylum to people fleeing crime. If people want better opportunities to escape poverty and crime, they can apply with the UCIS just like everyone else. Just like my dad. Just like my wife.

Pffff,[b] Chicago and Baltimore have murder rates on par with Iraq.  Why aren't you screaming about offering children who grow up in those cities asylum from their own damn poverty? [/b] [/quote]
DP.. there are a ton of programs in the US for low income kids.[b]  If they want to escape a war zone by crossing city lines, they can do so. [/b] We don't have redlining today.

If you going to equate the two situations, then that means  these inner city kids should be sent across city lines on their own, and the county should pay for their services (which they already do in their current city).[/quote]

How do you propose a child do this exactly?  Can you clarify how you think a child living in Baltimore can up and move to Potomac or Silver Spring as an ‘unaccompanied minor’? [/quote]

These unaccompanied minors’ parents spent thousands $$ to send their kids on a dangerous journey.  If any parent in the US do it, they will be charged for child abuse.  A parent in Baltimore  may drop her kids in MoCo at a government facility.  Hopefully, the go erment  will send the kids to a family in Takoma Park and enroll them in MCPS.  Later, their parent can join the mids.[/quote]

These are parents acting in sheer desperation afraid for their children’s lives. Imagine the desperation it would take for you to send your child to the US, unaccompanied, springing all of your life savings. If we approached this issue as the humanitarian crisis it is instead of treating these people like unwanted insects we might actually address the violence and poverty that had prompted parents to take this step.  [/quote]

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