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The Obama administration is prepping the nation's school systems for a huge influx of illegal immigrant children this fall as they await hearings that could lead to deportations.
"All children in the United States are entitled to equal access to a public elementary and secondary education, regardless of their or their parents' actual or perceived national origin, citizenship, or immigration status," the Education Department said in a fact sheet on Monday.
The document was sent to school systems via Twitter on Tuesday, The Hill reports.
"This includes recently arrived unaccompanied children, who are in immigration proceedings while residing in local communities with a parent, family member, or other appropriate adult sponsor," it said.
The illegals are under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services while awaiting the deportation hearings — and they will be educated at the more than 150 shelters throughout the country where they are being held, according to the sheet.
Nearly 63,000 children have been arrested in South Texas after crossing the U.S. border from Mexico since Oct. 1. Most of them come from such Central American countries as Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
President Barack Obama has dubbed the situation "a humanitarian crisis" — and officials and immigration reform advocates contend that illegals are fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries.
But Republicans have attributed the deluge to the White House's lax enforcement of immigration laws. They also point to reports in Central American media touting administration deportation policies that benefit some illegals.
Before leaving for its August recess, the House of Representatives approved $694 million for Obama to address the crisis. The move includes legislation that could lead to the deporting of more than 700,000 migrants who had been granted temporary work permits under a 2012 program the president created by executive order.
The Senate was in recess and did not act on the bill.
Obama is considering several executive actions on the crisis — and they are expected be announced after Labor Day.
So far, 37,477 children have been released to adult sponsors, usually a parent, relative or family friend, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Hill reports. They have been settled in all 50 states, and would all be eligible for public school.
Many of the children are expected to spend the next school year in the United States, the Hill reports, because the average time for an immigration proceeding has been more than 500 days.
The administration has given priority to the children in an effort to speed up the deportation process, the Hill reports.
"We have begun to receive inquiries regarding educational services for a specific group of immigrant children who have been in the news — children from Central America who have recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border," the fact sheet said.
Its goal is to provide information "to help education leaders better understand the responsibilities of states and local educational agencies … in connection with such students, and the existing resources available to help educate all immigrant students — including children who recently arrived in the United States."
The Education Department's sheet starts out as saying, "schools in the United States have always welcomed new immigrant children to their classrooms," noting that more than 840,000 immigrant students were in the U.S. — along with over 4.6 million English learners.
In addition, the document also includes answers to frequently asked questions by school administrators and teachers, and contains links to other legal and reference information.
"Under federal law, states and local educational agencies are obligated to provide all children — regardless of immigration status — with equal access to public education at the elementary and secondary level," the fact sheet said in response to one question. "This includes children such as unaccompanied children who may be involved in immigration proceedings."
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