Once again the hidden costs of illegal immigration are about to reach into the pockets of American taxpayers if teachers unions like the NEA and pro illegal immigration groups have anything to do with it. Today's Washington Post had an article about how Hispanic children are reaching kindergarten with educational levels behind those of other students. And of course the teachers lobby and pro illegal immigrant groups want "new programs" to reach these children. Which of course means more taxpayer dollars out of U.S. taxpayers wallets! Here are some of the money quotes:
"Targeted programs and increased outreach to Hispanic families can make a difference, a point stressed by Garcia's task force and the National Education Association, a teachers union. The stakes are high because about one of every five children in the United States younger than 8, about 6.8 million in all, was Hispanic in 2000, experts say. The percentage is likely to grow, fueled by immigration and birthrates."
Translation: More money for programs for Hispanic out reach because the Hispanic illegal population have more children than other ethnic groups. How about this idea? Enforce immigration law and border security. There will be less illegal Hispanics costing local taxpayers precious school dollars for these specialized outreach programs. Saving U.S. taxpayers money.
""We talk about the high dropout rates of the Latino population and the achievement gap," said Michael L. Lopez, executive director of the National Center for Latino Child & Family Research in the District. "If we think it's bad now, what happens when the population continues to grow and we don't do anything about it?"
We can do something else Mr. Lopez. We can enforce our immigration laws and border security so their will be less illegals that U.S. taxpayers will be subsidizing and are burdened with educating.
2 comments:
I agree with tougher enforcement. However, under our current Constitution probably many more than half of those hispanic kids are legal US citizens by birth, which unfortunately makes us responsible for them.
Too bad the last congress didn't pass the law denying birthright citizenship to children of illegals.
You are right. But, until the Constitution is changed or the 14th amendment is decided differently. I guess we might be stuck educating some of the "anchor babies" but we do not have to allow the illegal parents to remain in our country. They broke our laws! They will have a choice take their child back with them or make arrangments for them to remain in the U.S. That's the price to be paid for not respecting our laws. The sooner we start to get tougher on illegal immigration the better off the country will be.
BCP
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