When it came to interpreting the Voting Rights Act under the Reagan administration. he took a position that was ultimately rejected and discredited. We listened as Senator KENNEDY and others asked him many questions about that. and we did not learn too much about his thinking today and whether it has changed. I asked him about his criticism of a historic case. Plyler v. Doe. This 1982 Supreme Court case held that it is unconstitutional to deny elementary education to children on the basis of their immigration status. The Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that allowed elementary schools to refuse entrance to undocumented children. It has been called the "Brown v. Board of Education" for Hispanics in America.
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