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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also teach ESOL students and I am saddened that people assume that just because a child comes to school speaking another native language that they must be illegal. [b] None of my 28 ESOL students are illegal.  Yes, I know there are some of them who are brought/sent here illegally but they are children[/b].  They do not have a say in what happens to them.  Most of my ESOL students are better behaved than their classmates.[/quote]

So they aren't illegal but just brought here illegally?  Same thing.

If we continue to welcome illegal immigrants and teach their kids (aka free childcare while parents work under the table) and they continue to come in millions and we deport none of them... who pays for all these kids to be educated?  Legal tax-paying citizens.  What if the government said that our taxes need to be 50% soon to help the ever increasing costs of educated a population of kids with no English, preschool background or money to pay for lunches.  You are okay with 50% of your pay going back to help people who break a law and get government assistance on your dime because of it?   [/quote]

I am the ESOL teacher who posted previously.  None of MY 28 students are here illegally.  They are all American citizens and have every right to be educated here as do the "illegals" per the Supreme Court decision another poster mentioned.  I know a handful at our school are here illegally but the we do not ask for proof of citizenship as it is illegal for us to do so.  The students who are illegal are here because they aren't old enough to make decisions about their lives.  Should kids whose parents don't pay taxes be excluded from public schools too?  My school has plenty of parents who are paid under the table and they are U.S. citizens.  Kids need an education and all of them are getting one as guaranteed by law.  [/quote]

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