Illegal Immigration in Eastern Carolina Part 3 - WITN

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From building schools, paying for teachers, to having enough books and supplies for kids, many communities struggle with education costs. Statistics show students who are here illegally contribute to those costs.

It's estimated there are 2-million unauthorized kids in American schools. Nationwide, it costs 7.4 billion dollars a year to educate illegal immigrants. In North Carolina, where there are an estimated 58,000 undocumented students, it costs 210 million dollars.

Pitt County assistant superintendent Worth Forbes says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling mandates all schools teach all students. Forbes says the ruling states, "Undocumented school age students have the same rights to attend public school as U.S. citizens and residents."

The state and federal governments give Pitt County a combined $450,000 a year for English as a Second Language Classes. Those dollars also provide for 12 teachers.

Pitt County schools went from 896 Hispanics in the 2003-2004 school year, to 1,581 this year. It's unknown how many are illegal, because school officials aren't allowed to ask. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates 65 percent of all Hispanic children are undocumented.

At Belvoir Elementary, where the school's Hispanic population is 33 percent, a marquee in front of the school is in both English and Spanish. While the sign may help those who don't speak English, or have trouble, some see the sign as trouble. Third District Republican Congressman Walter Jones says, "When you get to a point that you say, that well in America, you can live there, you can work there by the millions, but you don't have to learn the language. I think that is a threat to the sovereignty of a country. I really do."

Congressman Jones isn't the only one who believes those who come to America should speak the language. The Pew Hispanic Center says 57-percent of Hispanics believe immigrants have to speak English to be part of American society.

Pitt County school officials say that's exactly what's happening at Belvoir, where they say Hispanic students, legal and illegal, met their adequate yearly progress goals in In reading last year.

Still, others say it's an education those here illegally aren't entitled to. Forbes says, "We're not in the business of worrying about that. We're in the business of educating."

And educating all students is what the U.S. Supreme court says they have to do.

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[1coolguysuper]

@xXZeroClaymoreXx yeah but they are NOT white.

Education is only for whites.

[DUKEJET]

@BeatDownKing123 iwould have taken the job if it was paying what it should be.they go down in pay cause illeagels take them at next to nothing then people who actualy were born here lose out because of the lowered rate in pay. i dont blame them for comeing here to get better life but damn we have to protect ourselves and employ the people in our country first then maybe help another. would you feed your neibors kids and not take care of your own.

[BeatDownKing123]

@DUKEJET And whose fuken fault is it that they didn't take those jobs huh? There is no one else to fuken blame. Let me tell it to you straight if you don't want to work for the money they are offering then thats your fucken fault. If you want a high paying job then get ur ass back to college and fucken learn something there.

[bamlamnam]

Our laws are not being enforced anymore! We have been sold out to be invaded by illegal foreigners. It is time for the American people to take matters into their own hands in their communities. If you know of or see any illegals or activists throw rotten eggs at them on the streets and drive off. Secretly sabotage them, slash their tires, break their windows, cause them economic damage like they are causing us. You have to make life so miserable for them that they will leave!

[xXZeroClaymoreXx]

Why deny them education because their parents brought them here against their will. They are children and they diserve education no matter their status!

[DUKEJET]

@BeatDownKing123 DUMMY IF THEY DIDNT TAKE THE JOBS AT LOWER COST WE WOULD TAKE THEM JOBS BUT SEEING THAT THEY DO WE WONT WORK FOR THAT MUCH CAUSE WE CANT GO TO MEXICO WHERE YOU CAN LIVE OFF OF $2000.00 FOR 6 MONTHS. ASS IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE I THINKL THE POLISH AND OTHER IMMAGRINTS SHOULD GO TO BUT WE JUST HEAR MORE ABOUT THE MEXICANS BECAUSE THEY ARE TO MANY

[Mummificationify]

3/3 C SPAN “Black Republican Forum” Session 2 (begin at 11:30) West said one of the 1986 caveats was to secure our borders, enforcement our laws, but we’re still talking about new amnesty like DREAM Act. We can’t allow local cities to make sanctuary cities policies, because they will bring our inner city turf wars to epic proportions by bringing in the drug cartel and Columbian gangs. (Mexican Gangs don’t recognize our borders established by the Treaty of Guadalupe)

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Allen West 2012