At the beginning of September, Channel 5 News revealed a shocking story in Roma, Texas. As their cameras chronicled, each morning dozens of Mexican kids are crossing the border from Mexico into the Texas border town of Roma to attend an American school, free of charge. You read that correctly. American tax money is funding the education of kids who actually live IN Mexico and who are illegally crossing the border every single day to attend U.S. schools. I have waited a suitable period of time to bring this story up, hoping that the national news sources will pick up on this absurd violation of our National sovereignty and misuse of our tax money... yet not a peep has been heard to my knowledge.
It is estimated that $4 million has been spent on Mexican kids just in Roma, Texas, alone. And no one really even knows how much has been thrown down the rat hole in other Texas border towns, not to mentions similar towns in other border states.
News Channel 5 reported on the 6th of September that these Mexican kids are getting a free education from US taxpayers because the county schools do not have very stringent residency requirements. (See video here)
Even more ridiculously, school administrators report that they aren't even allowed to ask if a student is a U.S. citizen before admitting them to class.
The report also reveals that no one in the school system is even bothering to keep track of how many schools are giving a free education to children whose parents are not U.S. taxpayers.
Here is the full Channel 5 report:
Taxpayer Money Used to Educate Mexican Nationals -- Over four million spent in Roma alone
ROMA - An estimated 650 kids from Mexico are going to public school in Roma.
They come to America for a better education.
The annual cost of an education is nearly $7,000 a student, which works out to $4,500,000 spent on Mexican students of your tax dollars spent. That's in Roma alone.
The truth is, no one knows the actual money being spent, because no one is actually keeping track.
The reason? Parents only have to prove U.S. residency once. After that, the student is set until they graduate.
Proving residency is as simple as providing a Roma address.
School administrators say they can't ask if a student is a legal U.S. citizen.
Administrators say American students don't "do without" because of students from Mexico. They tell us the district gets state and federal funding for every student, even those from across the border.
Is this not outrageous? I certainly find it so.
Then, why have the national news services all ignored this story?
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Joy!
September 20, 2007 - 23:33 ET by Independence4AllGreat, and when they finish high school they will be eligible for in state tuition and loans to go to college, again on the taxpayer dime and will then be declared legal "permanent residents" (aka amnesty). Love our Texas legislators! They gave us that little gift in July 2001.
My faith in our Texas Senators ain't that great either if they vote for the DREAM act and help screw over the other states in the union.
Aw gee Warner --how can you be so cruel???
September 21, 2007 - 00:11 ET by misterbillAw gee,Warner --how can you be so cruel??? These poor kids just want an education. I mean, their government is failing them and really dosen't care if they get educated. After all, they can sneak into America when they are older and it may be hard to get them to accept jobs Americans won't do, if they are educated.
And, besides, what's a few million among friends???
The reason the MSM does not report this is because of mean-spirited folks like you who resent it. That's only about 2/3 of the American public.
Come on Warner, dig down in those pockets and put some money on the table. If there is any left over, why, we can fund a national health plan with it. We can provide free care for all the folks run over by drunken illegal immigrants.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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Warner...couldn't agree more..
September 21, 2007 - 00:17 ET by Conservative_in_mass.I am sick of the guilt trip heaped upon us that somehow it is the taxpayers responsibility to educate these kids. It's stealing pure and simple.
Are the teachers unions going to complain? Nope, the more kids, the more jobs (contract mandated ratios). Unions love it. Increased membership, more dues, bigger pinkie rings. And then all they will do is bitch about the fact that they have to deal with more kids! Let's not forget all the translator responsibilities either. Heaven forbid you learn english.
Are the pols going to speak up? Nope. We've been abandoned by both Democrats and Republicans on this one. Why? We let them get away with it by re-electing them. For whatever reason, local, state and Federal officials are more afraid of the illegal alien lobby than they are legal taxpaying voters.
The Media? Forget it. The flood of illegal immigration is diluting the very essence of what makes this nation great, which furthers their agenda. Most MSM types loathe what this country stands for.That, they have made obvious.
To turn around this ever growing danger to our nations' fabric, we must insist on the following:
Voucher programs. A little competition for your tax dollars. Want to collect my money to educate my child? THEN PERFORM. If not, no $$ for you, I'll tax the tax deduction equal to the private expense of educating my kid elsewhere (FYI for me not applicable, no kids but pay anyway).
Proof of residency renewed annually. No proof, no entry. Period. Local communities cannot afford to educate interlopers, legal or not.
The hidden problem to all this is the unfunded pension liabilities for retired teachers. As school districts struggle to pay the bill, often times they short change the pension trust. I live ten minutes from a city w/ a population of 190k that has an unfunded pension liability of 1.2 BILLION., or twice the entire annual budget. And the mayor is pushing to make it a sanctuary city! Where will that money come from? It is absolutely insane.
Former House Speaker Tip O'Neil used to say all politics is local...How very true. Thats where it needs to start.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~ Unknown
C_I_Mass
September 21, 2007 - 00:21 ET by misterbillYou are not alone-- I heard there were 3 more conservatives in the state.
Joking aside --you raise some very valid problems and a very good solution. Vouchers will change everything, and we need Uncle Sam to pull his nose out of education's knickers. NCLB has done a lot of damage.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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thanks misterbill
September 21, 2007 - 00:35 ET by Conservative_in_mass.The cost of Republican conventions up here is cheap...they meet in a phone booth!
I actually live on the RI border, moved here from there because the taxes are less if you can believe that. The city I was refering to is Providence, which has become an absolute fiscal nightmare. Their budget situation because of this very issue is critical, yet the Mayor is opening his arms wider. It's unbelievable.
Where I live, we have a town meeting format of government. They can't jack up property taxes over 2% without an override. AND THE VOTERS CONTROL THAT.
As for NCLB, a gift to the country with the help of my senior senator Ted "backstroke" Kennedy.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~ Unknown
C_in_Mass
September 21, 2007 - 01:10 ET by misterbillI come , originally, from South Boston. I grew up at the time when the Kennedy family was coming into political power. A conservative like me was definitely out of place. Some of my close, childhood friends were part of the Kennedy machine. When the opportunity for advancement in my company came up in an out of state location-, I took it. I moved back twice--once to Chelmsford for two years and once to Andover. Almost everyone I met was a conservative, but I think they thought it was the right thing to do to keep Teddy, the swimmer, in office. When the recession hits, just like CA, all those overpriced homes are going to suffer a major drop in value.
Another thing is (at least from what I read in the Globe rag), is that the residents appear to welcome illegal immigrants . Am I wrong about that????
Mr bill...
September 21, 2007 - 11:09 ET by Conservative_in_mass.You escaped! Talk about living in the belly of the beast (Southie).
You identified the single most significant issue regarding change in Massachusetts; people become part of the machine. As Billy Bulger used to call it, "taking hostages." When someone's living is made from a public sector job, you know how they will vote. Their relatives also vote in lock step as well.
As for the illegal problem, it's rampant up here. People are getting vocal about it, but often times instead of pushing for change, they simply leave. The pols do not want deal with it period. Sad indeed.
As for my particular situation, we are currently looking to relocate in the next few years. Where to who knows; maybe it is waving the white flag. I am saddened that the cradle of the Revolution has become such an embarrassment. The citzenry here has no one to blame but themselves.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~ Unknown
correction to the above....
September 21, 2007 - 12:58 ET by Conservative_in_mass."I live ten minutes from a city w/ a population of 190k that has an unfunded pension liability of 1.2 BILLION."
That figure represents the entire states' unfunded pension liability. The Providence share is closer to 600 million...still a pretty sizeable bucket of clams.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~ Unknown
Warner,
September 21, 2007 - 00:39 ET by Dave RWhat if we were to send our kids over the border to collect agave leaves for Uncle Jesse's little tequila operation down in Brownsville.
What do you think would happen should the federales catch them?
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
BS
September 21, 2007 - 01:58 ET by Conservative Voice"School administrators say they can't ask if a student is a legal U.S. citizen."
Or rather its more like, they don't want to ask...they get money for kids showing up, they don't care if they learn and they certainly don't care if the kids belong there. Don't ask don't tell, collect the money.
Money
September 21, 2007 - 07:42 ET by UnsaneIt's the money. Try being a military brat attending a civilian "off-base" school while your parents (one or both) are active duty. There are forms they give you that you have your parents fill out that allow the school (or school district) get get more crumbs from the fedearl pie. I was subjected to this throughout most of my upbringing, in CO it was most memorable as virtually ALL of my teachers nagged me to death to turn in that form, engaging in a weird form of peer pressure one year.
I seem to recall former Gov. Pete Wilson trying to do soething about the "anchor baby" issue...
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
The problem is education is
September 21, 2007 - 13:14 ET by Conservative VoiceThe problem is education is done on a federal and state level. I don't mind if the state and federal provides guidelines, but money should be localized. In this way parents have more control on how the money is spent, hence the getting paid by how many bodies shows up goes away. This was how it was done in the beginning, and it will solve a lot of problems. And making it very local, means they are less subject to stupid law suits.
For CV
September 21, 2007 - 22:59 ET by UnsaneHow about THIS:
1) The Department of Education becomes a coordinating committee of sorts of the states, rather than a federal level bureaucracy. In this vision, the states appoint the Secretary of Education, and all this envisioned Department of Education does is "harmonize" states' standards, in a sense. It would set goals for various states to meet, and, most importantly, it would allow the states the freedom to meet those goals once set. Also, it would make arrangements for the states to have their educational requirements set up in such a way that, in this mobile society, students really don't miss a beat moving from state to state. (I am very sensitive on that issue, being a military brat: also, my sister nearly graduated a year late, because her high school credits in the American high school she attended in Germany didn't quite carry over to CO, in the view of her CO high school. They were eventually forced to run up quite a long-distance bill, calling that high school in Germany to ensure she graduated when she was supposed to.)
2) With a voucher system, or a system where $X is atatched to each and every student, the parents control every aspect of their child's education. No more crappy schools (thanks to competition eliminating them), no more "one-size-fits-all-and-if-we-don't-have-your-size-too-damn-bad" educational models, etc. VERY local control here.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Unsane
September 21, 2007 - 23:24 ET by Conservative VoiceI could definately go for that, though I still think all the federal funding should go away, aside from the limited funding the department of education gets to provide the services you outlined. States and cities should be responsible for their own funding, the more local the better. You have too many people suing schools because they are cash cows with a faceless pocketbook. Localize the pain of the lawsuit not only limits how much can be sued, but causes an automatic defense for lame lawsuits ( like the millions spent on forbidding students to pledge under God to the flag ).
I am definately a voucher supporter, its a step in the right direction.
More on education
September 23, 2007 - 18:15 ET by UnsaneIf it were me, the only federal funding in education, even under the vision I outlined above, would be for the DODDS schools (for children of military personnel stationed overseas). Even then, I bet that even THAT could be "contracted out" at a savings to the federal taxpayer...
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Unsane for President
September 23, 2007 - 21:05 ET by Conservative VoiceYou have my vote, so hurry and get busy and run :)
I just wanna know. Are
September 21, 2007 - 02:24 ET by tracheostomyI just wanna know. Are the classes in English?
-PJ
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This is bad policy! I
September 21, 2007 - 04:29 ET by mostlymoderateThis is bad policy! I don't know about you but I am ready to take my country back. This freeloading from Mexico is way out of control.
The USA cannot afford
September 21, 2007 - 07:34 ET by Lancasters Saved UsThe USA cannot afford another minute of ignoring a story such as this. Demographic trends look slow on the surface and can be tedious to think about on a daily basis, but 30 years from now, someone will be to blame for Mexico annexing a slice of your country. In Canada, there has been a wave of Mexicans arriving in Windsor Ontario claiming refugee status as some fear that some local US jurisdictions are going to get tough. Eventually it is too late to enforce the laws. Once in Canada, they will have several years of appeals and instant government assistance in housing, health ,and will be allowed to work legally as the process bogs down. Anchor babies sure to follow.
I don't know about Texas,
September 21, 2007 - 08:20 ET by dream onI don't know about Texas, but here in OH. we have to pay school fees, and all children have to show proof of current immunizations. Do you think those sort of rules are being enforced there? And if not, at least about the immunizations, doesn't that put all kids at risk for illnesses?
dreamer...
September 21, 2007 - 08:37 ET by LionKingIn Texas, they are supposed to provide the same documentation as in Ohio. As has been illustrated, phoney documents are easy to come by.
Tuberculosis
September 21, 2007 - 09:31 ET by kdoliverI wonder how the school district and media are going to deal with multiple cases of TB in the district? Its time for the parents to rise up!!
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Same story different State
September 21, 2007 - 10:54 ET by FowlerK9Prior to coming to Iraq I worked US Customs at the US/Mex border in Nogales AZ. Every morning on a school day I would watch 100's of mexican student pour into the US and walk to school. Several new Customs Officers that transfered to the area were forced to pay for their children to attend private school because the public schools in Nogales were full. There is a cap on enrollment here. Several years ago a new principal was hired at the local high school. He stood at the downtown border crossing and wrote down the name of every student he watched cross into the US. He then, later that day expelled those students. You can guess what's coming next..... He was fired by the school board and those expelled student were allowed to return to school.
On a side note, most classes in Nogales AZ public schools are taught in spanish.
FowlerK9
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That would be a good link if
September 21, 2007 - 15:37 ET by Dan The Man 2That would be a good link if you have it.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Madness....
September 21, 2007 - 12:13 ET by NofAnd for those who haven't seen it. Oregon Schools are adopting mexican curriculum to help the poor kiddies keep learning while learning english. I wonder if there here legally? Were a thousand miles from the border yet we have the same damn problems as down there. Only they don't have to cross the border everyday...just during summer break?! http://www.kgw.com/n...
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat" R. Reagan
Mexican cirriculum taught in Oregon Public Schools
September 21, 2007 - 12:39 ET by RJNot only are some Oregon public schools already teaching Spanish-speaking students by adopting a Mexican cirriculum, but they are discussing "aligning" their curricula with Mexico.
"Similar ventures are under way in Yakima, Wash., San Diego, Calif., and Austin, Texas."
This, which includes teaching a foreign country's version of history, is the next logical step of the One-Worlders. We already have Judges using the laws of other country to influence their decisions.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_091907_education_mexican_curriculum_.ede64566.html
Edit: Ha. Nof, you put your post up while I was researching this. Well, we can't say it often enough. The One Worlders are stealing our country from right under our noses.
That's funny.....u must
September 21, 2007 - 21:03 ET by NofThat's funny.....u must have saw this on Drudge or live here as well. Lars L has been going off on this for quite a few days now....ugghhh somebody stop the madness!
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat" R. Reagan
Actually, Nof, I heard it on Laura Ingraham
September 21, 2007 - 21:24 ET by RJI don't usually listen to her because she conflicts with a really good local talker, but I happened to catch her today...
BTW Laura has been excellent on the illegal immigration fight....and it IS absolute madness.
Really?
September 21, 2007 - 23:55 ET by Unsane"This, which includes teaching a foreign country's version of history, is the next logical step of the One-Worlders."
IF ONLY IT WERE THAT SIMPLE. If that were true, then how come I wasn't taught history from a German, Italian, and Irish perspective? Why wasn't my mother offered bilingual classes in German so that she could retain a vital connection to her heritage?
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
PLEASE GET INVOLVED!!!!
September 22, 2007 - 17:42 ET by BrenPlease get involved with thousands of US citizens from throughout the country who are trying to stop this invasion and take over by illegals!!
Please join the following sites/forums.
http://www.alipac.us
http://www.numbersusa.com
http://www.minutemanhq.com
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