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After more than 40 years, the federal right to free education for immigrant students finds itself in the crosshairs of conservatives

  • Written by Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageTexas eyes public school tuition for children whose parents entered the U.S. illegally. SDI Productions via Getty Images

Texas once had a law that allowed public schools to charge tuition for undocumented immigrant families to send their children to school. The rationale was that taxpayer dollars should not be spent educating children whose...

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