By Richard D. Land, Christian Put up Executive Editor
Earlier this week the Nashville Tennessean reported that “Two high-rating Tennessee Republicans have filed a invoice to permit public colleges to disclaim enrollment to teenagers who entered the country illegally.”
This invoice (Home Invoice 793) is explicitly aimed as a scenario to a U.S. Supreme Court docket ruling in 1982 that requires public colleges in The United States “to grasp equal acquire entry to to all teenagers.” The Tennessee invoice wouldn’t require Tennessee public colleges to bar the kids of unlawful immigrants from enrollment, but would “allow” them to attain so.
Under any conditions, right here’s a genuinely detestable and detrimental thought on a total lot of ranges and have to be rejected directly and emphatically.
Let me preface my argument by declaring that I am firmly towards unlawful immigration into our country. The horrific immigration insurance policies employed by the Biden Administration have brought on hundreds and hundreds of undocumented people to illegally enter our country. As a nation, we’ve an accurate to resolve how many contributors are allowed to enter our country in any given three hundred and sixty five days. We additionally have the accurate to resolve the must haves below which they can cease right here and the interval of their cease.
We’re a nation of immigrants, but we’re a nation of honest loyal immigrants. Folks came right here legally and embraced our language and our political perception draw within the event that they wanted to cease right here completely.
I enhance the president’s policy of inserting off unlawful immigrants who’ve damaged the legislation both right here or in their country of starting attach aside. Most likely we can acquire a pathway to honest loyal space (now not citizenship) for others who conform to pay fines, battle thru a probationary interval (a minimal of ten years), and veil skillability in written and spoken English. Such people would possibly perchance perchance perchance also very effectively be granted honest loyal space, but now not citizenship. Being ineligible for citizenship is the eternal penalty they’d pay for having damaged the legislation by coming right here illegally.
So why is the foundation of turning away the kids of unlawful immigrants from our public colleges a genuinely detestable thought with potentially frightening consequences?
First, it is detestable to punish people for assorted people’s crimes. Children of unlawful immigrants did not ship themselves to The United States. They both had been brought right here by their fogeys or they had been born right here after their fogeys came right here illegally.
To disclaim these teenagers acquire entry to to education is both imperfect and cruel. Denying them acquire entry to to education all thru those major years of their childhood and youth as a of conditions previous their retain a watch on is the essence of spoiled and cruel and extraordinary punishment.
2nd, having these teenagers of unlawful immigrants in our public colleges offers us a possibility as a society to protect “tabs” on them, to grasp who they are, where they are domiciled, and within the event that they are in any sense endangered. Are they exhibiting signs of being malnourished? Are there any indications of physical neglect or physical abuse? Are there any indications of sexual abuse?
If they’re now not in college, we’ve very small ability to grasp of their existence and what the conditions of their lives are. If they are in college, we’ve lecturers, nurses, and college social workers who can effect dwelling visits to effect definite each child’s welfare and safety.
If they’re now not enrolled in college they are more prone to vanish from the social grid and to be trafficked into child labor or sexual servitude.
As a civilized society, we’ve a accountability to those teenagers, no matter what their fogeys would possibly perchance perchance perchance also need accomplished or the conditions of how they arrived on American soil.
Dr. Richard Land, BA (Princeton, magna cum laude); D.Phil. (Oxford); Th.M (Original Orleans Seminary). Dr. Land served as President of Southern Evangelical Seminary from July 2013 till July 2021. Upon his retirement, he changed into once honored as President Emeritus and he continues to abet as an Adjunct Professor of Theology & Ethics. Dr. Land beforehand served as President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Spiritual Liberty Commission (1988-2013) where he changed into once additionally honored as President Emeritus upon his retirement. Dr. Land has additionally served as an Executive Editor and columnist for The Christian Put up since 2011.
Dr. Land explores many timely and major subjects in his day after day radio characteristic, “Bringing Every Knowing Captive,” and in his weekly column for CP.
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