Source: San Diego Tribune
Thousands of people who cross the US-Mexico border every day are students, according to San Diego Tribune, and the sudden closure of the border was a stark reminder to many that another incident could affect the education of many.
There are thousands of young students who attend public and private schools in the San Diego region, and parents who live in Mexico finds ways to help their children attend school in the U.S. because they believe they will have a better chance at life, despite threats from the administration.
The San Diego Tribune reports that many of these students were born in the U.S. and were driven to move across the border due to high rent in the U.S. or were driven back for different difficult circumstances in the first place. One of the biggest advantages for these students in attending U.S. schools is that they can continue speaking and learning in English.
In the meantime, schools don’t often check beyond a pay stub or other official mail that shows that a student is a local resident, and this is helpful for students who needed to move to Mexico because their parents were deported, even if they were born in the U.S.
Local experts have noted that the closing of the border is significantly impactful in the lives of many immigrants or students who rely on crossing every single day to get an education.
“To close the border is to interfere with the daily life of people on both sides that are dependent on each other,” says Chicano studies professor Roberto Hernandez of San Diego State University.
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