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voted to support Dreamer tuition, overturning a 16-year ban.
Take it from us, a bank CEO and the former head of Texas’ second-largest school district: We absolutely should not try to do what DeSantis said he would do in Florida. More than 4,000 of them have become health care workers, nearly 3,000 have become teachers, and more than 30,000 are among the so-called essential workers that got us through the COVID-19 pandemic. They contribute $436.8 million in state and local taxes, and under federal law, they are not eligible for the vast majority of federal and state public benefits.
to undocumented young people. Citing the 14th Amendment equal protection clause, the court said: “By denying these children a basic education, we … foreclose any realistic possibility that they will contribute in even the smallest way to the progress of our Nation.” The court also said that holding children accountable for their parents’ actions “does not comport with fundamental conceptions of justice.
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