Comments on: Mexican Kids Daily Cross Texas Border for Free U.S. Paid Education

By: viola

viola — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:04:44 +0000

Ummm excuse me, but I live in Texas and can’t just send my kid to any school in town that I want! It’s hell to get a transfer and if I want to go to the best school on the other side of town I’d have to pay tuition! How is it okay for kids to live in another country (not just a mile over in the same town) and be able to NOT attend school in their own district? So their parents might want to live in Mexico and get cheaper rent, but why aren’t they required to live in the COUNTRY much less the school district? This is not fair to other kids in Texas who are denied transfers and to parents who actually pay to send kids out of district. Why don’t these people move here and into the school district if they are legal immigrants, working on it or whatever? Why do they have more rights than my kids. No one seems to even take note of the word “illegal”. It’s like it doesn’t even exist, but if they are illegal, why don’t they come on over and move into the school district, pay rent, utilities, etc. like everyone else?

By: H. Rivera

H. Rivera — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:55:48 +0000

About kids crossing the border to go school,I think there is no problem. You don`t know if their parents are american citizens even if this kids were born in Mexico they are american citizens by birth not by land and they have the same rights as a U.S. citizen. Don`t come with that, that your are paying taxes for this kids.It happen to me the same thing I was born across the border from Roma,Texas but my mom was born in Kennedy ,Texas and when I was a freshman in high school principal Barrera wanted for me to drop off of school because he needed proof of citizen. We went to immigration and let them know, but they told us there was no problem. So,I think there is no problem for kids from acrooss the border crossing that bridge to come to school. And if they want to live acrooss the border thats their problem. Probably the rent and bills are cheaper acroos the border then on this side. Thank you

By: 'Jane Doe'

'Jane Doe' — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:30:57 +0000

I am a teacher at an elementary in the city of Roma. And yes, I would say that perhaps a fourth of the students currently enrolled at my elementary and the four others are residents of Mexico. It is wrong for people to automatically assume that administrators allow this for extra funding. We DO check for U.S. residency at the beginning of the school year every year. And if a teacher suspects during the school year that a student is crossing on a daily basis from Mexico, the appropriate actions are taken to ensure that this student is removed from school. Although I think it is stupid to do so. Why would we want to take these students out? Don’t they have the same human rights your kids have? They might not have the same ‘U.S.’ rights but they are humans and have every right to learn and grow, and maybe one day improve and give to their children what their parents couldn’t give them. Ignorant people that have never dealt with this situation automatically assume that mexicans are abusing u.s. rights. You are wrong, isn’t it the american thing to go, conquer and force people to think and behave the same way americans do? This kind of thinking from ignorant people upsets me. Where is the humanity!?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:39:53 +0000

I’m weary of this garbage. The people of Roma and Ciudad Miguel Aleman are one people. They have crossed that river for thousands of years. Then some bureaucrat draws a line and says don’t cross it. What are they supposed to do? What would you do?

The problem with your argument is if those kids don’t get an education they will someday cross anyway for menial work. They will cross undocumented to feed their families and people like you will bash them for that as well.

The Mexican government is corrupt. It has serious problems, but so does Uncle Sam. The only people who pay to educate those children are the people who own property and pay taxes to that district. I personally think it’s a great thing. It is what a Christian people should do. Your hatred disgusts me.

By: paco5o

paco5o — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:56:25 +0000

Why talk about kids trying to better their education. Kids are our future. Have we overlooked that our tax money also pays for the buildings, homes and schools we bombed in Iraq to build them again for terrorists. Not only that but the troops killed down their and people just upset about kids crossing over to american schools to get a better education.WTF

By: Sweta V

Sweta V — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:43:13 +0000

Hi Mr. Hudson,

I’m a journalism student originally from Texas and was interested in what you’ve posted here. I was hoping you wouldn’t mind answering a few questions.

Is this situation still going on in Roma? Has anything changed since late 2007? Or has there been any promise of change by the state or federal gov’t?

Just curious…a reply would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

By: IBMMuseum

IBMMuseum — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:08:42 +0000

Damn schools not able to check citizenship status, and when they try this (http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=662407) happens!!!

I know where a few Mexican kids are that go to U.S. schools, all on the taxpayers’ dimes. They get taught in “English as a Second Language” (ESL) classes because they can’t function in the schools with just Spanish. Probably all kinds of freebies like immunizations too, just because they’re in the United States.

They’re *MY* kids…

They’re *MEXICAN CITIZENS* because that is where our family is in the *legal* immigration process…

I’m one of the taxpayers, living in this school district for the last 38 years, even attending the same schools my kids do now. Damn straight the schools are going to teach my kids. And if my kids can’t be taught in English the school better teach them in their native language of Spanish (easier for my school district, so rather lucky the language wasn’t something like East Timorean).

Schools can’t inquire to a child’s citizenship because there can be fully *legal* immigrants that live in a U.S. school district, needing to be taught. Don’t like the facts that my kids aren’t U.S. citizens and attending school in the U.S.? Fine, provide them (and my wife) the U.S. citizenship that we are working *legally* to attain.

Quit being so anti-*immigrant* (If you don’t make the distinction between legal and illegal immigration then you are anti-immigrant)…

If you want to stop taxpayer drains, stop a war or something. Whoops, that’s the same war I was notified to deploy for a fifth tour in that area, while my family *waited* to be legally admitted to the United States. As a soldier and sailor over the last 22 years I think I have earned the ability to have my family in the United States, with the kids attending school here.

As a general nature, schools have a better “ROI” (Return On Investment) than wars anyway…