Plyler v. Doe
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S., Immigration, Immigrants
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: June 15, 1982
Article abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court extends the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to guarantee the right of noncitizens to public social services.
Summary of Event
In May, 1975, the Texas legislature enacted a law that denied financial support for the public education of the children of undocumented aliens. The state’s local school districts, accordingly, were allowed to exclude such children from public school enrollment. The children of noncitizen aliens who henceforth paid for their public school education still were permitted...
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