[NIFL-ESL:10363] Re: immigrant status

From: Barb Linek (eslmax@voyager.net)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 15:48:16 EDT


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All immigrants are entitled to adult education, federally funded or 
not.  What most programs do is issue an identification number at 
enrollment to anybody who does not have or does not wish to disclose 
their SSN.  There is no reason to ask their immigration status.

Barb Linek
Adult Education Coordinator
Illinois Migrant Even Start

> Some time back there was a discussion on this list regarding whether 
or not undocumented immigrants could/should/must be served by federally-
funded programs. Could someone give me a definitive answer to the 
question: are we required or allowed to serve adult ESL/ABE students 
who don't have documents?
> 
> We are under a federal EL/Civics grant, and would like to be able to 
serve all comers, but are trying to slide around the legal status 
issue. Could we make it a policy to serve those who are not documented? 
Or would it be acceptable to "don't ask, don't tell"? Can we have an 
enrollment document that doesn't even address the issue and still be 
legal under the EL/Civics grant? What I think I understood from the 
earlier discussion was that adult ESL students fall under Plyler, and 
must be served, but I'm not sure enough to take the leap.
> 
> Thanks to whoever can clarify this once and for all for me!
> 
> Judy Bundy
> EL-Civics Coordinator
> Trinity Valley Community College
> 100 Cardinal Drive
> Athens, TX 75751
> (903) 675-6288
> 
> Cada lengua es otra alma. (Each language is another soul.)--Thanks to 
Hue Arredondo. 
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Barb Linek 
Adult Education Coordinator
Illinois Migrant Education Even Start
(815) 609-9935



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