"Yes" and "No" would have been better than your lame-ass reasons for "yes" and "no." It's entirely possible that people may have their own views on the issue.
At first I voted "No," because if it is discovered that a child is illegal, the family should go through the process of being here legally or be deported. In my oppinion, the process toward legitimization of imigrants should be made easier rather than simply shipping these people back to Mexico. Their cheap labor and cultural influence will help sustain America as a competitive nation.
But I realized that it's probably the best just not to ask, because if we ask... they wont even try to get an education.
So, I'm going to say "yes," for a few reasons other than "education should be our top priority," because clearly things like breathing and eating are more important than education.
If you must prove that you are a citizen to enrole in public schools, families will simply stop sending their children. They won't stop comming here, they will just hide their kids when they do. And these kids will be a significant burden on the communities in which they reside. A generation of uneducated, illegal immigrants is hardly what the nation needs. We are doing the nation as a whole a big favor in educating these people, and every effort should be made to give them tools to become full citizens so that they may, as adults, repay the system which gave them their start. Education is one of the few institutions which must be supported by the government, because without it all society crumbles. With state-sponsored education, those who would otherwise shlump off (illegal imigrants) are given the oportunity to be truely productive.
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