NY Moves To Allow Illegal Immigrants To Teach In Public Schools

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New York education officials are defending a hotly debated plan to allow illegal immigrants to be certified as public school teachers, Malia Zimmerman reports for FOX NEWS.

Saying the district doesn’t want to “close the door on their dreams,” state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia explained those eligible for the teaching certification came to America as children.

“They are American in every way but immigration status,” said Elia. “They’ve done everything right. They’ve worked hard in school, some have even served in the military, but when it’s time to apply for a license, they’re told, ‘Stop. That’s far enough.’”

FOX NEWS reports that the regents oversee 3.2 million students in 700 school districts as well as 7,000 libraries, 900 museums and 52 professions requiring more than 850,000 licensees. The controversial decision also enables the board to award licenses to illegal aliens in at total of 54 professions, including engineers, pharmacists and dentistry.

But the decision doesn’t sit well with many who believe the policy violates federal law and prevents lawful citizens from getting jobs they are qualified for.

“It is bad public policy,” said Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Washington D.C.-based Heritage Foundation, and a former U.S. Justice Department attorney. “It is a violation of federal immigration law.” Read more at FOX NEWS.

 

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6 COMMENTS

  1. No, allowing so-called “illegals” to hold city jobs is what the Torah wants us to do, to “Love the Stranger”.

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