Trump White House tried to stop immigrant kids from attending public schools – Raw Story

Trump White House tried to stop immigrant kids from attending public schools – Raw Story

Trump White House tried to stop immigrant kids from attending public schools

Led by President Donald Trump’s xenophobic top adviser Stephen Miller, the White House reportedly spent months attempting to devise a way to stop undocumented immigrant children from attending public schools in the United States.

According to Bloomberg, which first reported on the effort on Saturday, top Trump aides sought to hand states the “power to block undocumented immigrant children from enrolling in public schools.”

“Using children like this as political pawns is another low point for the Trump administration.”

—Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers

Though the effort was eventually abandoned after Trump officials were “told repeatedly that any such effort ran afoul of a 1982 Supreme Court case guaranteeing access to public schools,” Bloomberg reported, “the consideration of denying hundreds of thousands of children access to education illustrates the breadth of the White House’s push to crack down on undocumented immigrants.”

News of the White House’s effort comes just days after the Trump administration unveiled a so-called “public charge” rule that aims to deny permanent residency—or green cards—to immigrants who have used public programs such as Medicaid or housing assistance.

The rule, which is set to take effect in October, sparked widespread outrage and legal action, with advocates warning the measure would CONTINUE READING: Trump White House tried to stop immigrant kids from attending public schools – Raw Story