ACLU SUES SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST IMMIGRANTS. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS??? The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey filed lawsuits today against seven school districts, accusing them of discriminating against immigrant families by requiring government-issued identification from parents trying to enroll their children. Federal law and state regulation prohibits children from registering for school based on their parent’s immigrant status. The rights organization contends that Old Bridge Township, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Galloway Township, Audubon, Gloucester Township and Somerdale Park require driver’s licenses or other forms of identification that can only be obtained by immigrants with legal status. The lawsuits come after months of threats from the ACLU, which settled a similar lawsuit with Butler schools in March after the district agreed to change its policies. After reaching that settlement, the ACLU surveyed districts across the state and found 136 had restrictive policies. In the two months since the ACLU-NJ warned dozens of school districts about their unconstitutional policies, more than 100 of them responded commendably by scrapping such policies, Alexander Shalom, a senior staff attorney for the rights organization, said. In contrast, the districts we’re suing today decided to keep their restrictive policies, even after being notified about potential legal action. These seven districts impose policies that not only ignore clearly established law, but worse, discriminate, he said. We won’t stand by and allow districts to continue these unlawful practices.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 01:23:42 +0000
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