Tennessee lawmakers are advancing a controversial bill that would require public schools to verify the immigration status of students and potentially charge tuition or deny enrollment to undocumented children.
Senate Bill 836 passed the Senate Finance Committee with a 7-4 vote, despite concerns about its financial and legal implications. The bill has sparked debate over its potential costs to schools and its conflict with federal law, which currently guarantees all children access to public education regardless of immigration status. The House and Senate versions of the bill still differ, and further reconciliation is needed before it can become law.
Critics argue the bill could lead to discrimination and deter families from enrolling their children in school.
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Government has no business policing who gets an education—it’s just another overreach that punishes kids for the failures of federal immigration policy. Let schools compete and let families decide, not bureaucrats with a power complex.
It’s about time states started standing up for their own citizens and stopped rewarding illegal immigration. Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for people who broke the law to be here—plain and simple.
It's about time states started putting citizens first and stopped using taxpayer dollars to fund education for people who aren't even here legally.
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Which costs more? Tennessee Senate committee debates controversial school immigration bill
A simple question dominated debate over a controversial student immigration bill Tuesday at a Tennessee Senate committee meeting:Which would end up costing Ten
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