Plyler v. Doe

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Plyler v. Doe

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California Proposition 187
Supreme Court’s decision in Plyler v. Doe (1982). In that landmark case, the Court, citing the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, ruled that states cannot exclude students from public schools on the basis of their immigration status. In late 1994 a U.S. district court judge issued an…
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Supreme Court’s decision in Plyler v. Doe (1982). In that landmark case, the Court, citing the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, ruled that states cannot exclude students from public schools on the basis of their immigration status. In late 1994 a U.S. district court judge issued an…
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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
…in important victories, such as Plyler v. Doe in 1982, in which the Court accepted MALDEF’s argument that Texas could not exclude the children of undocumented illegal immigrants from public schools. In 1994 MALDEF successfully challenged California’s Proposition 187, a ballot initiative that denied public education, social services, and health…
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…in important victories, such as Plyler v. Doe in 1982, in which the Court accepted MALDEF’s argument that Texas could not exclude the children of undocumented illegal immigrants from public schools. In 1994 MALDEF successfully challenged California’s Proposition 187, a ballot initiative that denied public education, social services, and health…
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