GOP calls to get undocumented children out of public schools grow
Source: The Hill
03/30/26 6:00 AM ET
Republicans are ramping up talks of overturning Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court decision that gave children of people living in the country illegally rights to a free public education.
The talks have stretched from Republican states such as Tennessee to the White House, accelerating an immigration crackdown in education under President Trump that began at U.S. universities with foreign students who struggled to get visas or were arrested for their political activism.
At a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing this month, Republican lawmakers said the Supreme Court had no right to make the decision and the additional cost of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in schools was a burden on taxpayers.
Its time we meet the moment to overturn Plyler v. Doe. Its time for Congress and the courts to address the glaring failures of this court decision and finally alleviate Texans and Americans alike from this burden, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5804304-undocumented-kids-public-schools-plyler/
Maybe this what America wants? Ethnic cleansing.
Skittles
(171,689 posts)NOTHING these conservative freaks are into
Turbineguy
(40,068 posts)Cuz we wanna live in a shithole country
SunSeeker
(58,274 posts)hadEnuf
(3,613 posts)Whether raping them, starving them, deporting them, blowing them up, and now throwing them out of schools.
These people are monsters and ghouls.
Biophilic
(6,551 posts)Such fine, upstanding humans. They still dont want the slaves educated. Just like oltimes. Git that banjo playing, brownie. Weve got mint juleps to drink.
Walleye
(44,793 posts)BubbaJoe
(27 posts)They look lovingly on pictures of three fingered children working the textile loom in the "good old days" or digging coal with bare hands.
msongs
(73,743 posts)struggle4progress
(126,134 posts)popsdenver
(2,296 posts)of where all the hundreds of kids went during Trump's roundup during his first term........very convenient.....
MLWR
(1,023 posts)And todays christofascists are following the same playbook.
chowder66
(12,236 posts)BidenRocks
(3,261 posts)I am so ready for a "Trading Places" with gop/maga.
Let's see how long until they scream 2nd amendment remedies, (again)!
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,212 posts)Of Stephen Heinrich Himmler Miller. He's a sociopath who must be confronted.
flashman13
(2,397 posts)70sEraVet
(5,482 posts)and in some states, are getting vouchers (paid for by people who actually PAY taxes) to send their kids to private schools. The immigrants ARE paying taxes, so, ironically, they are paying for those vouchers, while their own kids are being shut out of the public schools.
Cruelty seems to be the goal.
Grins
(9,456 posts)THATS a first!! (And says a crap-ton about Republicans.)
OldBaldy1701E
(11,137 posts)Isn't it obvious by now?
Initech
(108,763 posts)And nothing of value would be lost there!
Buddyzbuddy
(2,609 posts)They're setting up the false narrative and we fall into it, everytime.
They're running it up the flagpole for the fall and the last big meetings at church before summer break. They want the preachers to get the message to all of the concerned white parents. And then the media will run with it and ask Democrats why they want the American citizens to carry the tax burden for brown children.
Instead of talking about the drain on our economy by this Administration. The war, the unnecessary destruction and rebuilding for reasons of asthetics, not necessity. For the Felon suing the American taxpayer, for settling with an admitted criminal (Flynn). Last but not least, the Epstein files.
But yes, by all means, let's go after the scourge of our society, the children.
AllyCat
(18,838 posts)Polybius
(21,899 posts)5-4 decision in 1983.
sakabatou
(46,140 posts)Old Crank
(7,069 posts)Unfortunately the "Christian" leaders they say they follow aren't any better.
no_hypocrisy
(54,898 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:18 AM - Edit history (1)
* Pre-K through high school, unable to read, write, think.
* Children going hungry. No school also means no paid lunches, maybe breakfasts as well.
* Parents work, so children are left at home, unattended and not protected from themselves and other children.
* Older children roaming around without supervision, either engaging in criminal mischief or outright crimes.
* At least one generation of children unable to attend community college or college.
* Children growing up and unable to get and keep good-paying jobs.
* Towns in turmoil with undocumented children not being monitored. Yeah, while taxes may go down because of enrollment being decreased, other taxes increase due to more police involvement with the youth.
And dammit! It's hard enough to educate this demographic of students as it currently exists. I sub-teach in towns with more than 50% undocumented students. If we're not challenged by lack of bilingual education, then it's getting their parents involved in order for them to take their studies seriously. Just the opposite: you get the feeling that they believe education isn't "cool" and it's another barrier to success.
bucolic_frolic
(55,121 posts)turn them into roving gangs of the uneducated with no skills, no future, no interest in a civil society. Sociologists could tell you.