08/09/2025
The problem is that now there is so much disinformation it’s kind of hard to get the real facts and numbers. There’s still people, and even politicians, saying they don’t have any rights, which is false. In the 80s there was a supreme court case about children which were illegal/undocumented immigrants themselves and going to public schools. The courts found that anyone in the US, be they citizens, immigrants, or just plain tourists are all afforded the equal protections of the 14th ammendment. 100 billion taxes reference; https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG-119-JU01-20250122-SD003.pdf Equal protections case; https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/457/202/