Looking at school breakfast and lunch. a brother and sister whose parents have recently become unemployed begin their school year. Will the brother. who was born in this country. be eligible for a subsidized lunch while his sister. born in Russia. will be ineligible because the is not yet a citizen? Will poor immigrant children be further stigmatized because their family cannot afford lunch money for their kids? Will they stay out of the lunchroom altogether because they are embarrassed because they are immigrants? Is this constitutional? Based on the Supreme Court decision In Plyler versus Doe. immigration status is irrelevant when the right to education is considered. Following World War II. Congress approved the National School Lunch Act as a measure of national security to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our Nations children.
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