http://www.saywhatesl.com/articles/Assets/DreamAct.jpgNow that school will be starting - there may be instances where parents of undocumented children may be told INCORRECTLY that their kids cannot attend school.
If you know of a parent who was told by school district officials they could not enroll their child because of his/her immigration status, please read the letter from MALDEF:
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/files/north_chicago_school_district.pdf
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from Immigration Prof Blog:
Earlier this week, MALDEF’s regional office was contacted by a parent who was told by the district’s office that she should home teach her children because of the parent’s immigration status, despite the fact that the parent was a resident of the school district...
...the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v. Doe (1982) that public schools cannot deny admission to a student based on the student’s or parent’s immigration status and that school officials can not ask students or parents questions that may expose their undocumented status.
Unfortunately, we might see Latinos in a number of states to experience similar treatment as the new school year begins because of heightened anti-immigrant tensions over the last few months and the desire of many local governments to enter the national immigration debate.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2007/08/it-is-almost-ba.html
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