The Trump administration says that some $ 6 billion educational scholarships have been funded by the “Radical Left Agency”
The Trump administration accused states and schools of using federal education grants for immigrant children and low -income students to help funding “radicalism Left agenda“
Management this week Hold more than 6 billion dollars Device to programs after school and summer, teaching English, adult literacy, and more, saying that it will review the grants to ensure their compatibility with the president Donald Trump Priorities. Freeze sent schools and summer camps claiming to determine whether they can provide programs such as Day Camps this summer or after hours of child care this fall.
On Wednesday, the Administration and Budget Office said that the initial review showed that schools used some money to illegally support migrants in the country or enhance LGBTQ+. The administration said it had not made any final decisions regarding or launching individual grants.
The administration and budget office said in a statement: “He has abused many of these grants to support the radical left’s agenda,” the administration and budget office said in a statement.
She said that New York Schools had used money to teach English to enhance organizations that illegally defend immigrants in the country. Washington State used money to direct immigrants without legal status towards scholarships that the Trump administration says is “dedicated to American students.” The office said that the grant funds were used in a symposium on “Resistance to the Strange Arts.”
New York and Washington state officials immediately responded to the requests for comment.
Low -income children and migrant defenders linked the grant to the greater than the Trump administration Campaign on immigrants. Two five federal programs suspended by Congress were allocated to help support English competence for students who are still learning language and immigrant children who move with their parents to follow agricultural jobs and others.
Educational areas use $ 890 million for English learners in a wide range of purposes, from Teacher training assistants Those who work with English learners, to the management of summer schools designed for them, to employ the family’s connections The original languages of the parents occur. The $ 375 million is often used to teach migrants to employ travel teachers near the place where students live.
Amaya Garcia, who is directed by education research in New America, a left -wing research reservoir in Washington, DC, which directs education research in New America, a left -wing research reservoir in Washington, DC, which directs education research in New America, a left -wing research reservoir in Washington, DC, which directs education research in New America, a left -wing research tank in Washington, DC, “by” expanding ” Extreme examples, “The administration seeks to mix all students who learn English with the people illegally.
Indeed, the majority of English learners in public schools in the United States were born, according to the data of the Immigration Policy Institute.
“The way they fly is that we use these funds for unconventional students and families.” “It is a distraction. Dism for what is already happening: 5.3 million English learners talk about many different languages, not just Spanish, will suffer.”
Even if students lack the legal status, the states may not deny public education for children in the country illegally under the 1982 Supreme Court decision known as Plyler V. Doe. Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Tixas and Tennessi have followed the policies that are wondering either Immigrants without legal residence He must have the right to public education, which raises the possibility of challenges to this teacher’s judgment.
Meanwhile, the states and educational provinces are still trying to understand what they will mean to their students and employees if this money has never reached.
In the state of Oregon, Liz Mira, spokesperson for the state, said that eliminating grants to English language and migrant students “undermines the state’s efforts to increase academic results for multi -language students, promote multiple languages, and closely gaps, and provide targeted support to students of traveling and weak students.”