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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read Plyler v. Doe.  Unless the Supreme Court overrules it (which would take several years, at least) undocumented kids are good.

And even if it's overturned, DCPS would not be *required* to consider immigration status. Given the mayor's speech today about being a sanctuary city and DCPS' poor job handling residency and enrollment documentation already, I can't imagine they will want to be in the situation of documenting immigration status.[/quote]

How long will DC or any of the other cities remain sanctuary cities if federal funds are withheld, as pledged by DT.[/quote]

Local taxes will have to increase to compensate.[/quote]

DC is in a special case, being a territory. Maybe some federalism lawyers can jump in, but my understanding is that Congress could repeal all laws granting DC autonomy, and withhold DC's entire budget appropriation if it wanted to force DC to end its sanctuary policies. Whether congress would actually seek that political battle is another question. Most elected Republicans have a tepid interest in immigration issues in general.

It is different for cities like San Francisco that are located within states. Those cities would only be risking whatever federal dollars they receive in the form of direct transfers and grants, which could vary from city to city.

At different times in the 20th century, ICE agents or their predecessors have conducted immigration raids in schools. My instinct is that this would not fly politically today even among Republicans, and so the enforcement tactics would be mostly the Obama ones with the possible significant addition of workplace raids, which Obama forbade but which have been used in the US before. My sense is that Paul Ryan for example doesn't want these raids.

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