Tennessee GOP Pushes Education Ban Echoing Jim Crow—First Undocumented Kids

First, it’s immigrant children. Next, it’s LGBTQ+ students, disabled kids, and the poor. This is a test—and if they win, they won’t stop here.

For over 40 years, one Supreme Court ruling has stood as a moral and constitutional shield, ensuring that every child in America—regardless of their immigration status—has the right to an education.

That decision, Plyler v. Doe (1982), struck down attempts to bar undocumented children from public schools, ruling that such discrimination violated the Equa…