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ACLU launches Lawsuit against 12 New Jersey school districts for allegedly requiring citizenship ID

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July 28,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Trenton NJ, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing 12 school districts in New Jersey, alleging that the districts’ policies requiring an identification card are unconstitutional.

The 12 districts are ; Northern Valley Regional High School District in Bergen County; Bellmawr School District, Sterling Regional High School District and Winslow Township School District in Camden County; East Orange Community Charter School in Essex County; West New York School District in Hudson County., Sea Girt School District in Monmouth County; Harding Township School District in Morris County; Watchung Hills Regional High School District in Somerset County; Montague School District in Sussex County; Cranford School District in Union County; and Allamuchy School District in Warren County.

In a lawsuit file Thursday the group said that the districts are preventing children from going to school by requiring that they have an ID card that includes a Social Security number or valid immigration status.

The ACLU clams ,“It is not possible for immigrants who lack Social Security numbers or a valid immigration status to obtain such identification,” state the lawsuits. “Therefore, these residents and their children are prevented from registering for school and are denied equal protection of the laws.”

New Jersey state law mandates that school districts cannot deny a public school education to students based on their or their parents’ immigration status.

“In a state where one in five residents is foreign-born, at a time when our president has made the exclusion of immigrants a key part of his policy agenda, it’s more important than ever for every school district in New Jersey to meet its obligations, both to New Jersey’s families and to the Constitution,” ACLU-NJ Staff Attorney Elyla Huertas, who filed the lawsuits, said in a statement.

Several of the school districts pushed back against the suit, arguing they do not base enrollment decisions on a student’s immigration status, according to NBC News.

“The Watchung Hills Regional School District does not condition entry into our District based upon a student’s or parent’s immigration/visa status or any other discriminatory reason,” Elizabeth Jewett, the superintendent Watchung, one of the schools hit with the lawsuit, said in a statement.
Some of officials from schools hit by the lawsuits told the outlet that they were reviewing their districts’ paperwork and policies posted online to ensure they were in line with the policies in place.

In an email to NBC, Northern Valley schools Superintendent James Santana called the claims “misleading.” He said his district complies with all state and federal regulations, and that “we are going to vigorously defend ourselves against these baseless charges,” according to NBC News.

Well it would seem progressives in those districts will quickly cave and sell out tax payers , the fact is you need to prove you live in a district to send your kids there. Secondly , as for immigrants, there is a huge difference between legal immigrant s and illegal immigrants regardless of what the main stream media would want you to think.

5 thoughts on “ACLU launches Lawsuit against 12 New Jersey school districts for allegedly requiring citizenship ID

  1. It’s either an urban myth, or fact, that parents in Manhattan are busing their children to northeastern Bergen County towns every day to take advantage of the schools. Without identifying the residence of any student (legal residence that is) how can this be stopped?

  2. yeah… lets start keeping out the out-of-towners before we try to keep out the illergal aliens.
    iIs a much bigger problem for RW

  3. Here’s a little something for the ACLU…go Fu&$ yourselfs.
    I have to pay my taxes so an illegal immigrant who does not can go to my school system? Really?
    Not on my dime…
    Let the war begin…

  4. The ACLU has become the attack dog of the Democratic Party. No more content- neutral defense of free speech and other rights. They’ve found they can collect more donations if they appeal to the progressives

  5. “progressive”… code name for fascist

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