The rulings are in but the dust is far from settled. Many of us are still trying to sort out what has been allowed and what has not. One thing that remains is particularly troubling– schools will be directed to track the immigration status of school children.
According to Yahoo.com:
U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn sided with the state of Alabama on Wednesday on two key sections of the state’s wide-ranging crackdown on illegal immigrants. Blackburn refused to enjoin a law that will compel elementary and secondary school administrators to demand students provide birth certificates to prove they were born in the United States, and then compile lists of illegal immigrant children in their schools. In theory, schools could begin to ask parents about their children’s immigration status today, though it’s unclear if they will do so, since school has already started.
In the first place, schools require birth certificates having nothing to do with this ruling. Students entering school for the first time present a birth certificate. A birth certificate does not necessarily determine status if not issued in the United States. Students without US birth certificates will be on the ones in the line of fire and who will have to provide status information.
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