The post I replied to said that they were getting a benefit of citizenship in the form of schooling - it is not.
As an aside, illegals should not have ANY government paid for benefits excepting emergency medical and the right to call their consulate.
I don't understand your statement. Illegal aliens are entitled under the law, as set forth in Plyler, to receive a public education -- K-12. If you are saying that the statement is inaccurate because not only U.S. citizens are entitled to a free public education, you are slicing the distinction thinly. The difference is, of course, that the Feds and the states can offer/require access to public education to whomever they want. (Most states provide for education in their state Constitutions, and then regulate through statutes.)
It is far different to say that we have a policy, made legislatively, that permits lawful residents and guests to use Public Education than it is to say that those here illegally, are afforded the same right by judicial decree.
In the end, my point was -- not different from your own -- which is that illegal aliens are entitled to due process of law. That's it. That is the "equal protection" they should be afforded by virtue of being "subject to our jurisdiction." When the Court converts the right to due process, into the right to receive benefits reserved to those here lawfully, the Court has overstepped its bounds. IMHO