Three decades after the Supreme Court ruled that students could not be denied access to a public school due to immigration status, the New York Times reported that 1 in 5 school districts in their state are requiring a child’s immigration papers as a prerequisite to enrollment, or asking parents for information that only lawful immigrants could provide.
The ACLU is involved in battling this practice and it appears that the reason for this problem may revolve around the unintentional, routine practices of various districts. Conversely, after the Haitian earthquake, target districts in other parts of the country not only accepted the victims but relaxed their requirements beyond the normal standards.
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