Illegal Students reprise

On July 7, I posted a number of articles entitled "Illegal Students" relating to students crossing the border and illegally attending school in the US. It must be understood that these students are crossing legally, many having been anchor babies with dual US - Mexican citizenship. However, because they are not resident in the US, and in particular in the county in which they are attending school, they are in violation of the law, taking up space for legitimate students and sapping school district resources without having to pay school tax.

Here are a few newer articles on the subject:

San Luis School Woes
Gaby Gonzalez/ Reporter

School’s back in session for kids in San Luis Arizona—and San Luis, Rio Colorado.

“You see kids crossing in the morning and you can see them in the evening going back and that takes the space from my kids and we live here and we pay rent and taxes and everything and I don’t think it’s fair,” says Christina Padilla.

Some parents in Mexico send their children north for a better education. Some parents on the U.S. side are upset— those kids are bumping their kids out of the classroom.

Padilla says, “My kids can’t got to the school they belong to and then I have to take them to another school a lot further to the other side of town.”

The district agrees there is a problem.

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Students Cross Border to Attend Schools
Posted by Anthony Franklin, 11/22/2006

It's 5:30 a.m., and the bus is picking up kids who have come across the border from Mexico to attend school in the United States.

San Luis High School is closest to the border.

Mary Lynn Coleman is the principal at San Luis and sees the residency issue a problem beyond her school.

Students from Mexico attending school in the United States must have proper documentation, such as a birth certificate or student ID.

The documents need to be kept at all times on this of the border.

School officials are unable to police citizenship or a student's legal status.

Coleman says the district is only concerned about residency within the district boundaries.

Follow the link to see video. -mm

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Students Go to Lengths to Attend Schools

Posted by Anthony Franklin, 11/22/2006

News 13's Bernadette Flores shows us the lengths students living in Mexico go to attend schools in the United States.

Follow the link to see video. -mm