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Historical and Current Issues of Immigration

Lesson 11: Plyler v. Doe: Can States Deny Public Benefits to Illegal Immigrants?

Plyler v. Doe Full text of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion. From FindLaw.

Plyler v. Doe: A Summary Scroll down to find a summary of this U.S. Supreme Court decision. From ELL KnowledgeBase.

Plyler: The Precedents Links to full text of legal precedents to the Plyler v. Doe case. From Maxwell School of Syracuse University.

School Opening Alert Campaign Information for parents, educators, and advocates on immigrant students' legal right of access to K-12 public education as established in the 1982 Plyler case. From National Coalition of Advocates for Students.

Immigrants' Access to Public Benefits: Who Remains Eligible for What? Article from Popular Government outlining public benefits eligibility of both legal and illegal immigrants in the U.S. in the wake of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, designed to limit the ability of migrants to obtain benefits from government agencies. From University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Government.

Beyond Borders Brief article highlighting the complexities of social integration of illegal immigrants in the United States and the surrounding issue of public benefits. From Boston Review.

How to Get Congress to Foot the Bill for Illegal Immigration, and Fast Article briefly tracing the debate surrounding education for illegal immigration from the 1982 Plyler case to more recent state initiatives. It offers an approach to shift financial responsibility of illegal-immigrant education from states to the federal government. Personal website.