Monday, July 26, 2010

Do undocumented children have a right to public education?

In 1982, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202, that states violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution when they deny undocumented children the same education opportunity that is provided to United States citizens.


Letter from the NY Civil Liberties Union to David M. Steiner, Commissioner, New York State Education Department.

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