Oklahoma parents enrolling kids in school might have to prove kids' citizenship status

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Oklahomans and the country elected President Trump and we will do everything possible to help put Oklahoma students first.
55% : They are starting to question: Do I unenroll my child from school?"At Oklahoma City Public Schools, one of the state's largest districts with a student population that is 57% Hispanic, Superintendent Jamie Polk said in a letter to parents and staff last month after the rule was first proposed that federal law guarantees every child's right to public education regardless of immigration status.
54% : Walters has said he would support efforts by Mr. Trump to enforce immigration laws, including allowing federal agents with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement into Oklahoma schools.
48% : Alabama attempted a similar requirement for public schools to ask the immigration status of students as part of a sweeping immigration law in 2011, but the state ultimately agreed to permanently block those provisions after they had been temporarily halted by a federal appeals court.
48% : Immigration experts say attempts to undermine the Plyler decision should be taken seriously, pointing to recent Supreme Court rulings that have overturn longstanding precedents over abortion rights and affirmative action in higher education.
46% : "Walters has spent much of his first term in office attacking what he describes as "woke" ideology in public schools, requiring Bible instruction in Oklahoma classrooms and attempting to ban books from school libraries.
45% : Parents enrolling children in Oklahoma public schools would be required to provide proof of their child's U.S. citizenship or legal immigration status under a proposal aimed at helping President Trump's immigration policies.
44% : A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1982 affirmed the right of children living in the country illegally to attend public schools, although some conservative lawmakers have questioned whether immigrants without legal residency should have the right to a public education.
41% : "Schools are crippled by the flood of illegal immigrants and the Biden/Harris open border policy," Walters said in a statement.

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