Several blue-city mayors who seemed to have no problem with the flood of migrants crossing our southern border have recently discovered they come with a cost — and those mayors aren’t happy about it. But these initial costs are chump change compared to the cost the new arrivals will impose on taxpayers as they settle in and wait to go through the legal process. One of the biggest costs? Public education.
Here’s the backstory. In 1975 the Texas Legislature passed a law denying state funds for the public education of children who had not been legally admitted into the United States. A class action suit was filed on behalf of undocumented school-age children. The courts ruled against the state and the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
