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Whatever about Germany,immigrants, at least those from south of the border, are dumbing down America. Education in Mexico is free and theoretically mandatory through the sixth grade. Theoretically, because in rural areas there are no school buses to take kids to the nearest small town. Impoverished parents do not own cars, although some kids reach school on foot or bycycle. From 6th through ninth grades there are school fees and parents must pay for books, knocking out great swathes of the population. Senior high school, called “prepa” covers 10th through 12th grades and requires substantial fees. Also, these schools are found only in towns or cities. Since the kids who go to “prepa” are by definition well off, they do not walk across the border to immigrate. The vast majority of Mexican illegal immigrants have a sixth grade education or less. Not a few are barely literate in their own language, let alone English. The social consequences of this are devastating, not only for them but for children they raise in the USA. An appalling vista.