Why are these kids going to school in the US on the US taxpayer’s dollar?
If you'd read the article you'd find that many are in private schools. Some are illegally attending public schools. The same thing happens cross school districts, but at least the parents are paying taxes in some school district. It's generally done to get the kids into a better,or perceived better school, either across school district boundaries, state lines or international borders.
That’s the first thing I thought when I read the article.
All along the border Mexican children cross the border to attend school- and have been doing it for years. The article makes it sound like they are mainly crossing to attend private schools- that may be true in that area but near me they are all attending public school. When the issue has been raised here we are told that the students are U.S. citizens so they must be welcome to go to school here. Their mothers crossed the border to have their children here so the children would be able to attend school and qualify for other benefits of course. Another reason we need to do away with handing out citizenship to anyone that happens to be born here.