Opinion: We can’t afford not to pay for undocumented immigrants’ education

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Is investing in Abbott’s ego more important than investing in Texans?

Texas does not track the citizenship status of students. Therefore, it’s unclear how many undocumented students are enrolled or what the financial impact on Texas public schools is. According to the Higher Ed Immigration Portal, it is estimated that about 17,000 undocumented students graduate high school each year. Gov. Abbott wants to ban unauthorized immigrants from Texas schools

,” : Most people will agree that a good education is vital to every child’s future. Without it, most children will have almost no chance of escaping a life of poverty or of living up to their full potential. That is why Gov. Abbott’s act of deliberate cruelty in trying to deny an education to children who have already experienced upheaval, loss and violence is so hard to understand.

Aside from what denying them an education will do to these children’s lives and their chances for a good future, does the governor really feel that we will be better off as a state with a permanent class of people who are uneducated and unskilled? As a state, are we really so callous and uncaring that we can see children being figuratively thrown to the wayside and not care? Will we deny them the hope of a decent future just to score political...

Gov. Abbott says we can’t afford to pay for these children’s educations. I would disagree. For the sake of our souls, we can’t afford not to.

 

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