President. I rise in support of the amendment offered by the Senator from Texas. The recent decision by the Supreme Court to require local school districts to provide educational opportunities to the children of illegal aliens sent shock waves throughout communities across the country. Not only would the people in a given community have to pay taxes to support the education of children of resident aliens and others who are in this country legally. but now they must also pay to educate the children of aliens who broke American law in order to live and work in this country. This is no small number of people. As has been mentioned repeatedly on the floor. there are an estimated 3.5 to 6 million illegal aliens now in this country. and the number of children of these individuals probably numbers in the hundreds of thousands. The decision by the Supreme Court to require the education of the children of illegal aliens will place a sudden and tremendous burden on many school districts. The experience of my State. Florida. offers a glimpse of what may be in store for many States as a result of this Supreme Court ruling.
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