CAPITAL REGION NYCLU: Schools threaten immigrants Registration forms seen as intrusive BY JASON SUBIK Gazette Reporter
Seventeen school districts in the Capital Region have student registration policies the New York Civil Liberties Union is calling “discriminatory” and “unconstitutional” because they ask for information that might reveal the immigration status of children and their parents. The NYCLU released a report Friday that showed at least 20 percent of New York state’s school districts, 139 of them, are “unlawfully barring or discouraging the enrollment of immigrant students” by asking, either directly or indirectly, for proof of the child’s immigration status before allowing the child to enroll in school. Among the local schools sited in the report were: Albany City School District, Duanesburg Central School District, Schalmont Central School District, Schenendehowa Central School District, the Greater Johnstown School District and Saratoga Springs City School District. Most local districts cited by the NYCLU report asked students for Social Security numbers or Social Security cards during the enrollment process. Some went further. Albany asks whether a student is a citizen and what type of visa they have. Duanesburg Central asks for a student’s Social Security number and for citizenship status of the parents. The Glens Falls City School District asks for a birth certifi cate, passport and baptismal certifi cate. New York state law allows school districts to ask for proof of residency in a school district before allowing enrollment, but doesn’t include language allowing schools to require students present Social Security numbers or other documents that would indicate the child’s status as a legal resident of the United States. The NYCLU’s objection to the district’s policies is based on the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe. The court ruled states providing free public education to residents must do so for all children in the state irrespective of whether they are in the U.S. illegally. The complete text of the ruling can be found on the Internet at Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute, http://www.law.cornell.edu. .................>>>>..................>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00103&AppName=1
Since when is the education system considered to be free, how about all the taxes we have to pay to the school district for a child's education even if you don't have any children in school. It doesn't matter if the school is public or private someone is paying for a child to attend that school.
When I was registered for school, way back in the olden days , we just had to provide a birth certificate. We weren't issued social security cards until we started our first job.
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When I was registered for school, way back in the olden days , we just had to provide a birth certificate. We weren't issued social security cards until we started our first job.
SS Cards?? I thought everything was scribed in stone tablets back then? (At least that's what your classmate Moses told me)
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, we just had to provide a birth certificate. We weren't issued social security cards until we started our first job.
