Figures. Stimulus Money Being Used to Subsidize & Bus Mexican Students Across Border for Free Education
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, July 3, 2010, 4:05 PM
New Mexico is paying to bus and educate Mexican students in the United States…
And, they’ve been doing this for 40 years!
Pancho Villa would be proud.
Via Judicial Watch:
In a town famous for Pancho Villa’s ransacking, the purloining still occurs; this time horses and mules are not disappearing, but taxpayer money is. Columbus, New Mexico is just 3 miles north of Palomas, Mexico and is one of the many border towns mired in the border fence, illegal immigration, and drug smuggling. The culprit in this case, however, is not El Chapo or a coyote, but rather residents in Mexico expecting American taxpayer benefits.
Many families in Palomas, Mexico choose to send their children to Deming Public School District. Regardless of citizenship, these Palomas students are ineligible for Deming Public School education as they live out of the district and are not supporting the school through taxes. In 1996, The Albuquerque Journal noted that students residing in Mexico have been educated in the United States for free for over 40 years.
Judicial Watch investigated this matter of “free” education. For school year 2008-2009, 506 students were transported from the Port of Entry to Deming Public Schools (and this number has been increasing for the past three years). Typically, the students cross the border where a public school bus waits for them and then transports them 30 miles to the schools in Deming. The source of funding for theses students is part of the district allotment which is based on services (busing, English as a second language, etc). Based on an average district enrollment of 5447, total operational cost of $36,254,672, and 460 students bused from the port of entry in 2007-2008, on average $3,061,712.71 was spent on students picked up at the Port of Entry. The law firm handling the request specifically notes that “funding is based on total services for all the students in the district and is not calculated on a child by child method. Therefore, we do not have the information of the funding by any specific child.” In essence, if the school is already providing such services, then the additional students may not be costing anything extra; but here’s the catch, 460 students is necessarily going to result in a need for more services like additional teachers, additional meals, transportation, special instruction, etc. The amount of additional money is not insignificant especially given that New Mexico will receive $537,047,803 from President Obama’s stimulus plan to “lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save thousands of teaching jobs at risk due to state and local budget cuts.” That’s right, the stimulus money will indirectly be funding education for students whose families do not pay taxes.
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GrayRider commented:
WTF???!!! Stop this crap immeadiately and send the bill for the last 40 years to Calderon.
Pagar commented:
Has anyone ever figured out why this is being done? Why not just stop it?
WRJonas commented:
Did I read that correctly ? 537 million ? Wow ! What can anyone say.
This must be the century of colossal and staggering disinterest. How can a state accept children of another country and be responsible for their education and well being?
I have been to New Mexico many times and I love the place ;but political correctness has rendered most of the citizens into brainless zombies.
aro5o75 commented:
Remember everyone….blood and birth don’t make you an American, ’cause bambi said so.
Vince Werber commented:
This foolishness needs to stop no matter what Obummer says…
As far as I am concerned there is an on going proxy war between the U.S. and Mexico…
Think about it… what would happen if all of the drugs were to stop at the border? Chicago and New York City would dive into chaos with all of the junkies going ‘cold turkey’…
Prez ‘O’ just wants to keep the drugs flowing…
vince
Bobbi commented:
When I enrolled my children in school, we had to show a birth certificate.
IN MEMORY OF MARY JO commented:
http://www.ImmigrationCounters.com
VIVA LA RAZA!! commented:
The future is OURS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajkAP_M4ZAM
Stupido Gringos.
SI SE PUEDE! SI SE PUEDE!
LYNNDH commented:
Sorry, but a good education of children is good. Mexico should pay for them though.
wanumba commented:
The schools are running a cynical racket. They get funding based on per head count. It is in their finanical interest to jack up the student population so admitting illegals becomes very attractive to their bottom line.
INVA$ION USA commented:
We are no longer a Nation. No REAL Nation would be allowing all this to happen to itself -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZnX9JRo5M&feature=related
And it’s been going on for decades.
Frith commented:
Amazing. The right hand of the Government, known as the IRS, is taking from the citizens hand over fist and if you owe it a single dime, it will pursue you to the ends of the earth to collect, and tack on penalties, interest, fees, and even prison. But the left hand can do whatever it wants with no accountability. This is a prime example of government stupidity en extremis. We have got to take this country back. NOW!
Opus #6 commented:
This is criminal.
wanumba commented:
This is happening in AZ, too. Rampant school corruption, using over the border students to jack up enrollment numbers, and by that, more state and federal money to that school district.
The schools are more than just cognizant, they are active colluders- as in this case above, the AZ public school provides a school bus on the US side to bus Mexican students to school who walk thru the border check twice a day, to and from the USA.
Means also that the local border guards know damn well these kids are attending US schools, and do nothing.
Illegality promotes a wide culture of corruption beyond the illegality of resdiency, corruption of schools, of border control, local law enforcement, of the courts…on and on.
wanumba commented:
LYNNDH
July 3rd, 2010 | 5:52 pm | #11
Sorry, but a good education of children is good. Mexico should pay for them though.
………..
Hilarious! What a joke! New Mexico and Arizona are LAST academically in the entire USA. Piss poor education. Those kids are wanted ONLY to jack the enrollment numbers so the school can get more taxpayer money allotted to the school. They are getting the same hollow shell of an education American kids are getting.
Those kids can get a better education in Mexico – not exaggerating at all. While AZ and New Mexico, under Leftie “progressivism” went all mushy crap experimental, Mexico retained traditional education.
USMC Thomas commented:
Go to Brownsville, Laredo and El Paso during the school year and see children every morning crossing into the US to go to school, free. Their mother’s crossed over just before birth to have babies delivered by Texas hispanic mid-wives, making them citizens, a long established racket in southern Texas. I first read about this in the late 60′s here in Texas. They also qualify for social assistance i.e., food stamps. It’s especially galling watching some obvious illegal wheel up with over $100 in groceries at Wal-Mart and pull out a food stamp card to pay, while one of their grade school children serves as an interpreter because the mother can’t speak english. Then out in the parking lot the whole family loads up into a late model crew pickup or SUV. Once they get that anchor baby their home free, thanks to the American taxpayer.
Chrissy B commented:
So I work two jobs, pay my taxes, buy my children’s meals, school supplies, etc., and then my taxes go to give children who live in Mexico a free education….outrageous!
BarbaraS commented:
I wouldn’t care if teaching thse kids didn’t cost a thin dime they are taking away time our kids could be taught. What is this with the fedral government? I complained that illegals were getting ss benefits and got a form letter back from the government saying the US has an agreement with Mexico that citizens of either country working in the other’s country are entitled to ss benefits for that work. yeah, I’ll bet we have a lot of our citizens working in Mexico with their strict laws that say American citizens can’t work in Mexico.
MANHATTAN DECLARATION commented:
What voting grade does your CONgressman/Sen. have?
http://www.BetterImmigration.com
Please pass it on…
Sandy commented:
What kind of a country are we living in when the head of Mexico is allowed to sue Arizona because of its Immigration Law? Perhaps Americans should sue Calderon for payment of this free education and all the other benefits received by Illegals.
The Republican who runs for the Presidency should tell us Its Morning in America Again because I’d like to wake up from this nightmare.
Sandy commented:
Get this:
Starting in 2011 your W 2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that’s a private concern or Governmental body of some sort. If you’re retired ? So what, your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.
The dollar value (cost of what the company pays for your insurance) will be considered income and added to your gross pay. You will be taxed on the total
You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have
Never seen.
Jules Hamil commented:
Why Am I not surprised? 40 Years!!!! We paid for tuition for our children and it was a real sacrifice but we wanted them to be prepared. Now this…….free education to the Mexicans. Someone’s head should roll.
mcnorman commented:
Nothing new. Times are hard, and the economy is in the crapper. The tax payer needs to look how this dumbs the educational system down. Hey, citizens outside of the great state of Texas, the University of Texas at El Paso gives Mexicans in state tuition rates. They have been doing this for years.
calmike commented:
The map is interesting but you need to have been there to understand. It is a desolate, FOREIGN land and although foreign aid may be desirable, support from a State should never happen. Even supporters of illegals will agree with this.
dnb commented:
Are the citizens of our southern states daft?
Rapture Forums commented:
Very interesting article. I can’t believe out taxpayer dollars are going towards that. Everyday I am more and more astonished at what is going on in America.
Subadar Lal Kukhri commented:
Remember in November.
proof commented:
Three words:
Un.
Be.
Lievable.
gus commented:
The school districts are liberal as hell. They want more studends for more money. They don’t care about right nor wrong.
THIS IS WRONG, IT MUST BE STOPPED.
LaDonna commented:
Living only 45 miles from Deming, this is public knowledge. There was an uproar a few years go about this, but it was blown off by our dumb as a box of rocks governor. Not all kids in NM are dumb, there are some good kids. There are some smart kids, but they are being pushed aside because of NCLB and PC garbage. I’m so sick of hearing about “country school” and bilingual classes. When I was in school, you learned english, period. Knowing how public school has been slipping down a hole, we made a choice years ago to send our child to a private school so that she wouldn’t be influenced by govt. propaganda and have a better chance at getting a good education. It has really stretched our budget, but that’s what you do for your children – you do your best for their benefit in the future. Our time will come, hopefully.
befuddled commented:
would it be cheaper just to annex mexico and make it a state already?
gus commented:
Problem is when we tell President Incompetent that this is wrong. He lies to us.
KR commented:
For all the tax dollars public schools consume, they are a joke.
Here is Jay Leno quizzing educated adults on basic US history questions:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/03/video-leno-demonstrates-effectiveness-of-american-education-on-history/
Marie commented:
I would suggest that you all procreate.I have seen the devastation of L.a. and Im an American of mexican descent. My loyalty lies in America. Sadly most people in my generation consider themselves Mexican and hate Caucasians.
Even if amnesty isnt passed they are winning by numbers. I also dont understand how Americans think newly naturalized U.S. citizens from Hispanic backgrounds assimilate. The majority dont assimilate and
are likely to vote for a politician that is in favour of a “comprehensive Immigration Reform” Its the sad truth but I dont see anyone saying this out loud.
KR commented:
And then there are these poll results which show 26% do not know from whom the American colonies declared indepedence:
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/usapolls/US100617/July%204th_summer%20vacation/Country_From_Which_US_Declared_Independence.htm
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/72-don’t-know-much-about-history/
brooklyn commented:
It is utterly insane…
What a massive waste.
Nothing to do with the economy, just a pure political exploitation of taxpayer funds.
This is another outrage.
The DNC Titanic sinking us all.
Ladue Pundit commented:
Isn’t Bill Richardson, who made a hasty retreat from the Dem. national scene, still NM governor?
He’s hispanic and mucho liberal.
And I’ve been to NM many times. It’s full of kooks.
AuntieMadder commented:
“funding is based on total services for all the students in the district and is not calculated on a child by child method…
Bullsh!t. If they take roll call every day and have strict rules for tardiness and absenteeism, with harsh penalties for breaking those rules, then you can bet your last dollar that the district pays each school on a per warm body basis. The paid-per-student basis the true reason that schools nowadays will hold back students who miss more than seven or ten days of school per school, forcing them to repeat that grade regardless of their grades and performance. It’s not about or for the student, it’s about the money. If the schools in Palomas impose such ridiculous rules, they are paid per daily student count by the district and so know good and well the value to the school, if not the cost, per student (although cost per student is surely accounted for in each school’s yearly budget, too).
They know the cost per student. It’s just so much that they don’t want to publicize it and so the lawyer lied.
AuntieMadder commented:
To add insult to injury, they probably teach the Mexican students in Spanish.
big L commented:
How bout Meg Whitman doing expensive Spanish Language ads on Spanglais TV stations, touting all this squishyness as detailed above. These ads produced after 2 painful months of her saying that Illegals this and that…Complete duplicity.
At least with Jerry Brown you know what you get…as horrible a lefty as he is. He is not a Liar.
Also I checked naturalization for 2008 and the USA naturalized 1,075,000 neww citizens. Of these, 15% were Mexican- abt 161,000. For 2009. 700,000 naturalized. and about 15 % Mexican. Is that broken? may be too many but not broken.
AuntieMadder commented:
Marie
July 3rd, 2010 | 9:36 pm | #39
Marie, I don’t know how old you are so I don’t know what generation it is that you say hates whitey, but my sister is married to a man whose heritage is Mexican. They’re both in their mid-30s and their daughter, my niece, is 12 (I think she’s 12…I’m a bad auntie for not knowing for sure).
It’s not that I doubt you. Maybe you’re younger than my sister and brother-in-law. Maybe it’s a regional thing. Maybe, because his parents were both born in the US to Mexican immigrants who became naturalized citizens of the US, my brother-in-law and his family doesn’t share those feelings of animosity toward whitey. Or maybe, and most likely, libturds have instilled in Hispanics, through mis-education, the same blame-whitey mentality that they taught to and instilled in blacks, until now it seems printed on the DNA of many black Americans.
One thing I do know is that wanting a secure border and enforcement of immigration laws has nothing to do with racism. I love my brother-in-law and my niece, both of whom are of Mexican heritage, brother-in-law, in fact, having only the blood of Mexican ancesters running through is veins. I like his dad and other family that I’ve met. They’re all good people, and they’re all Americans.
Spence commented:
I went to school in Deming. First, it was one of the better schools in southern NM. My understanding at the time was we were helping the Mexican kids because Palomas was so small there wasn’t a school there. It helped Mexico. It didn’t cost much, at the time there were only a few kids coming up and going to school. And they all spoke English! Now it is a nightmare, and with so many kids obviously they can develop their own school system. Deming is another border town being overrun by drugs, human smuggling and crime. There are home invasions in what used to be a nice agricultural and retirement community. Sad!
ykw commented:
Auntie Madder, as an uncle in essentially the same situation as you (though my niece is a couple years older), let me tell you what I’ve noticed about attitudes on legal versus illegal immigration among Hispanics (specifically Mexicans, although I’ve seen signs of it in other groups such as Filipinos and Koreans).
The original legal immigrants in a family are, almost to a one, blood-boilingly indignant about illegal immigration and will castigate illegal immigrants using some of the most horrendous language you could ever imagine. (I thought I knew most of the choice Spanish curses but, over the last couple of years, found out how just how terribly wrong I was.)
The first-gen children of legal immigrants aren’t nearly so demonstrative in their behavior, but they still tend to, very calmly, express how intensely they despise those who cross illegally.
Third gen and beyond, though… for some reason, they either don’t appreciate what they have here or think that some portion of it is being denied them by their ethnicity. They are what I call “Generation La Raza”. They embrace a politically defined version of their ethnicity, a definition that they reflexively think puts them in solidarity with other oppressed Hispanics — even when that “oppression” amounts to being charged, tried and convicted for actual crimes. Illegal immigration is only the beginning of this solidarity; they think that every time an Hispanic is picked up for robbery, dealing, rape, murder, whatever, that it is only because of their skin tone. In their view, no Hispanic is ever guilty of anything, and if they are it’s only because White racism made them do it.
Judy commented:
I lived in the Southwest for 35 years and saw many things occuring that I did not approve. When I voiced these feeling, I was called racist, bigot, and other words I can’t put here. I fear that America has waited too long to try to protect our values, culture, lands, freedoms, and about everything that made us the country we were. My concern is not for me, I am old, but rather for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren who will never know what a wonderful country America was.
Cynthia commented:
What the Hell?? That money is for Americans!!! Stop this you idiots!! American Citizens earned that money and it is not for Illegals!!!
Bruce Olsen commented:
The reality of the border problem is simple. Its not mexico or mexicans that have caused this problem with the schools in Arizona. Its Arizonans . It really boils down to money.
bg commented:
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yes, we have no bananas..
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Spike commented:
Lets go People..snap out of it!!!!