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Committee member warns efforts to overturn Plyler v. Doe would bar undocumented children from K–12 schools
Summary
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, a committee member warned that attempts tied to Project 2025 and some state bills to overturn Plyler v. Doe would deny undocumented children access to public K–12 education, and cited economic studies arguing immigration yields net fiscal and social benefits.
A committee member told the House Judiciary Committee that recent efforts to overturn the Supreme Court’s 1982 decision in Plyler v. Doe would strip undocumented children of access to public K–12 education and harm communities and the economy.
The member reviewed Plyler v. Doe, noting the Court rejected a Texas statute that sought to bar undocumented children from public schools and that the justices concluded excluding that group would be both unconstitutional and economically counterproductive. Quoting Chief Justice Warren Burger, the speaker said it is “senseless for an enlightened society to deprive any children including illegal aliens of an elementary education.”
The lawmaker said advocates tied to Project…
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