Speech #980087739

The Court held that all persons living in the United States enjoy equal protection of the laws and have a right to receive free public education. Surely it is far better to have these young people in school than lurking furtively in alleyways trying to avoid detection. But we all know eduction is not free. The money must come from somewhere. Bilingual education is particularly expensive. With few exceptions. undocumented aliens own no property and pay no taxes to local school districts. Alien children are attending schools all across Americain New York. in Pennsylvania. in Florida. in Ohio. in California. and in my own State of Texas. In Texas the cost of educating one alien student for 1 year is estimated to be $2.500.