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Educating Undocumented Immigrants

            The question at hand is whether California should educate the children of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Educating the children of undocumented immigrants in the public school system and treating these students as in-state residents for the purpose of determining the tuition rate at a California State University is a smart choice for our state. I would argue that not only should the state provide educational benefits equally to all children residing in California, but that to fail to do so would result in greater costs to the state. These costs would be in the form of:.
              Decreased long-term tax base due to lower-wage earnings.
              Increased costs for law enforcement as a result of children not being in school.
              Potential increases in the costs of incarcerating juvenile and, over time, adult offenders.
              The inability to attract new businesses without a well-educated work force.
             In the mid-90s California voters approved Proposition 187, a bill that would allow school districts to deny educational services to children of immigrants that entered the U.S. illegally. Within hours of its passing, litigation ensued with detractors challenging the constitutionality of the new law. The newspapers were filled with headlines claiming the costs of illegal immigration far outpaced the tax revenues they generated. The court eventually ruled that many portions of the new law were unconstitutional and the right for all children in California to be educated was protected.
             Almost 10 years later and the headlines seem to declare that Californians have done an about face. California Assembly Bill 540 authorized the state universities to create a tuition exemption program that would allow certain nonresident students to pay the in-state rate for tuition. In the 2001-02 school year the reduction would save these students more than $10,000 in tuition costs.
             According to press releases from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service) there are an estimated 2,209,000 undocumented immigrants living in California.


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1. Shadowed Lives

Culture is learned, therefore I believe this story definitely relates to these undocumented workers. ... Not only were the parents the only one teaching them Spanish at home but they were still trying to educate them of their culture from Mexico (or other country). ... The element of force in these cases seem to be directly an explicit threat that force will be used if undocumented immigrants refuse to make changes for those Americans who expect them to. ... The Americans are definitely dominate in this case and the undocumented workers must be submissive or suffer the consequences. ... I ...

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2. Legal and Illegal Immigration

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3. Judicial Law in Education

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4. Qualifications of the DREAM Act

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  • Word Count: 741
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5. Illegal Immigration

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6. Mistreatment of Migrant Farm Workers in America

Seeking work, these immigrant workers travel north, and work is without a doubt what they have done. As of 2015, in the United States alone, the Washington Post reports that undocumented workers account for "24 percent of all groundskeepers, 23 percent of domestic workers and 20 percent of those in clothing manufacturing [nationwide]" (Constable). ... The agricultural industry is regulated by the Department of Labor, but is often left to regulate itself when it comes to temporary or even long term immigrant workers. ... Essentially, what is taking place here in the homeland makes clear causal ...

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7. Hard Work, Honesty and Success

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8. Sweat Shops

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