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September 11, 2014

Title: Illegal Alien Children are a Total Drain on our Economy
Topic: Can We Allow All to Come?

Discussed by Genevieve Wood
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

On average, each student costs $12,000 per year to educate. This obviously does not include special-needs or non-English speaking children. It also does not include feeding the students – that is a totally different budget cost!

So what are schools to do with this influx of children? The State Department send a letter to every state and local school official in May of 2014, reminding them that they are required by law to educate anyone who comes in their school – regardless of legal status. Even a child who comes alone, with no adult, no birth certificate, no paperwork, will to be treated like a homeless student and will receive free education and free food.

Our own citizens aren’t treated this well! Our children are required to prove residency, have shot records, pay for food or bring their own lunch, parents are required to accompany their kids when registering. Such a double standard! When will it end?

Over 50,000 illegal immigrant children have entered the US just this year. The numbers have slowed somewhat over the summer because it is just too hot to travel and the risk of death is even greater. However, with cooler weather coming and the impending amnesty-for-everyone bill that President Obama has promised to sign in to law after the mid-term elections, more illegals are sure to flood our borders once again.

Illegal immigration is not just an education issue. Illegal immigration is a national security issue as well as a public health issue. You can find more on this at www.Heritage.org. 

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