Book contents
- Diversity Judgments
- Diversity Judgments
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Asian Americans
- Part II African Americans
- Part III Women
- Part IV Latinx
- 10 Hernandez v. State of Texas (Equal Protection)
- 11 San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (School Financing)
- 12 Plyler v. Doe (Education for Undocumented Minors)
- Part V Native Americans
- Part VI LGBTQ
- Part VII Intersectionality
- Part VIII Outsiders v. Outsiders
- Part IX White Males
- Part X Situational Outsiders
- Index
12 - Plyler v. Doe (Education for Undocumented Minors)
from Part IV - Latinx
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2022
- Diversity Judgments
- Diversity Judgments
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Asian Americans
- Part II African Americans
- Part III Women
- Part IV Latinx
- 10 Hernandez v. State of Texas (Equal Protection)
- 11 San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (School Financing)
- 12 Plyler v. Doe (Education for Undocumented Minors)
- Part V Native Americans
- Part VI LGBTQ
- Part VII Intersectionality
- Part VIII Outsiders v. Outsiders
- Part IX White Males
- Part X Situational Outsiders
- Index
Summary
Up until the nineteenth century, Mexico controlled vast portions of the American southwest. Thus, most of the population therein was of Mexican descent. The two nations are forever linked by this shared history. And over the centuries, Mexico and the United States have generally maintained a positive relationship, even as xenophobic periods have come and gone. It is during one of these racist outbreaks in the 1970s that the Texas legislature passed a statute requiring undocumented children to pay for their public education. Failure to pay meant that the school district could turn away undocumented children. This law was challenged in Plyler v. Doe.
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- Diversity JudgmentsDemocratizing Judicial Legitimacy, pp. 290 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022