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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the state is considering challenging a 1982 Supreme Court ruling requiring public schools to teach children illegal immigrants as Texas and other border states face the prospect of a huge influx of migrants.
Abbott remarked on Wednesday’s The Joe Pags Show on the impending end of the 42nd Public Health Order and the potential influx of migrants that may follow. The order was used to expel most migrants to the border, and DHS said it planned up to 18,000 migrants a day after the order ended.
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But even before this order is stopped, the border crisis is already raging. There were more than 221,000 meetings with migrants in March alone, and that number is expected to increase in April.
Abbott took a number of dramatic steps, including increasing truck checks and transporting migrants by bus to Washington, in response to the continuing influx of migrants, and said on Wednesday that the situation in the border state was “unacceptable”.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attended a news conference where he signed Senate 2 and 3 bills at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. (Montini Monroe / Getty Images)
“It’s unmanageable, and that’s why Texas is doing more than any other state has ever done, using tools and strategies that no one even managed before securing our border,” he said.
He told host Joe Pags Palliarulo that the number of migrants crossing the border also posed challenges for schools, given that people from more than 150 countries come and speak many languages.
“Teachers have to deal with these children not only in Spanish, but in many other languages. That is why the challenge for our public schools is extraordinary, “he said.
He then suggested that Texas would challenge Plyler v. Doe, a 1982 lawsuit that led to a 5-4 decision to repeal a Texas law that seeks to deny public education to any student who is not “legally admitted.”
“I think we will resurrect this case and challenge this issue again because the costs are extraordinary and the times are different from when Player v. Doe was issued many decades ago,” the governor said.
Asked again about his remarks at a news conference a day later, Abbott said the federal government should take care of their education.
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Republicans backed a number of legal victories against the Biden administration on the issue of immigration, although challenging Plyler against Doe would not challenge Biden’s policies, but the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Texas recently filed a lawsuit to block the repeal of the 42-degree Public Health Order. This case is separate from the 21-state lawsuit, which requires prior injunction.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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