Austin American-Statesman: “Gov. Greg Abbott wants Texas to challenge a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that requires states to offer free public education to all children, including those lacking legal immigration status.
That ruling, known as Plyler v. Doe, struck down a Texas law that had denied state funding to educate children who had not been “legally admitted” to the United States.
It’s time, Abbott told a conservative radio host Wednesday, for Texas to try once again to limit the state’s responsibility to educate noncitizens.
“I think we will resurrect that case and challenge this issue again, because the expenses are extraordinary and the times are different than when Plyler versus Doe was issued many decades ago,” Abbott told host Joe Pagliarulo.
The remarks came as many Republicans celebrated the publication of a draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready to revoke Roe v. Wade, the landmark case establishing the right to abortion.”