Tex. Educ. Code Ann. Section 21.031: A Texas statute that withholds state funds from local school districts for the education of any non-U.S. citizen children who were not legally admitted into United States and authorizes school boards to deny enrollment to such children.
Constitutional Provision(s) Invoked:
14th Amendment
We fled towns
with intimidation
for currency and
bullets as reward,
just to dehydrate,
drown,
or be conned by
coyotes
The children dream
of Disneyland.
But will never
see it.
Maybe when they
grow up, get a degree,
get a good job and
make $$$.
the “American Dream.”
As we climb,
we anticipate
the struggle
the hunger
the exhaustion
the better opportunities.
A future to make it
past the 5th grade,
like you never could.
5-4 majority decision
to convince you
that we are
“In any ordinary
sense of the term”
People.
Whether undocumented.
Or illegal.
But a court does not
guarantee protection
from discrimination.
When it did not want to
in the first place.
that denying the immigrant
children in question
a proper education
would likely contribute to:
“The creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare, and crime.”[1]
[1] Plyer V. Doe: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/457/202.html