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Illegal aliens to teach bilingual education in US? |
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48734
February 8, 2006
INVASION USA
Illegal aliens to teach bilingual education?
Dallas school district wants law changed to allow hiring of foreigners
already in U.S.
The largest school district in Texas hopes to get the law changed so
it can hire illegal aliens as bilingual teachers.
Superintendent Michael Hinojosa of the Dallas Independent School
District says he hopes to work with other urban school systems to
pursue changes that would allow hiring illegals to help fill a
significant need for teachers who speak Spanish.
According to an Associated Press report, Hinojosa told board members
in a policy meeting yesterday: "We are going to follow the law, but if
there is the possibility to modify the law, we should."
The idea was first proposed by school board member Joe May, who says
the district should be able to hire illegals who have college degrees
and are already in the United States. The aliens would go through an
emergency teaching certification program.
"I can't believe the law is so rigid and inflexible not to take into
account the needs of our children," Rudy Rodriguez, an education
professor at the University of North Texas, told the board. "It is a
big issue, a hot issue, and this is probably the only district in this
country willing to address it."
Though many businesses and private parties do not abide by it, federal
law prohibits the hiring of illegal aliens.
Hinojosa says about half of the district's 161,000 students are
limited in English, and the district figures it needs another 700
bilingual teachers. District officials have been recruiting teachers
in Chile and Mexico, helping prospective hires obtain the necessary
visas.
Maria Elena Garcia-Upson, regional communications manager for U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, emphasized to the Dallas Morning
News that trying to get work visas for illegal aliens is forbidden.
"While we empathize and sympathize with these individuals, there is an
orderly fashion in which one can immigrate to this country," she told
the paper.
John Keeley, director of communications for the Center for Immigration
Studies, told the Morning News May's proposal sends the wrong message
to students.
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| Title: Re: Illegal aliens to teach bilingual education in US? |
16 Feb 2006 10:25:41 AM |
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In article <acv7v1d6q8qmm31l5jqsivnq5iebobr1bi@4ax.com> writes:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48734
February 8, 2006
INVASION USA
Illegal aliens to teach bilingual education?
Dallas school district wants law changed to allow hiring of foreigners
already in U.S.
The largest school district in Texas hopes to get the law changed so
it can hire illegal aliens as bilingual teachers.
Superintendent Michael Hinojosa of the Dallas Independent School
District says he hopes to work with other urban school systems to
pursue changes that would allow hiring illegals to help fill a
significant need for teachers who speak Spanish.
An excellent idea, and an obvious one, now that someone's
pointed it out.
-- cary
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