It costs money to educate immigrant children
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
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Statesman Journal
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In response to the Aug. 5 commentary by Ron Eachus, the Republican U.S. House passed a bill that would allocate about $7,000 per unaccompanied illegal alien child now here or in progress to get here.
You can buy a lot of plane tickets for $7,000 per person.
Seven thousand dollars per alien, for up to 100,000 of them, is not a denial of funds by any means. It just won't pay local schools enough to satisfy the federal education mandates for "equal" access to an education. Or the welfare costs to house, feed, medicate and clothe them.
That is where the NGOs and religious organizations – the humanitarians – need to step up and put all that tax forgiven money to work.
