Oklahoma’s prime elected training official despatched a “demand letter” to Vice President Kamala Harris that basically served as an bill for what the unlawful immigration disaster underneath her tenure overseeing the border has value Sooner State faculties.
“Because the statewide elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oklahoma and the Govt Officer of the Oklahoma State Division of Training (OSDE), it’s my responsibility to make sure that the assets allotted to our public faculties are counted for and utilized in the simplest method potential for the good thing about Oklahoma college students’ training,” Ryan Walters wrote to Harris.
In August, Walters tasked the division to work with faculty districts to calculate the monetary affect borne by taxpayers on unlawful immigrant minors. That evaluation resulted in an estimate of $474.9 million, which he demanded of Harris within the letter.
“This demand quantity is, by necessity, an estimate as a result of solely your administration is aware of the true variety of unlawful immigrants crossing this nation’s borders and the precise prices of unlawful immigration,” he mentioned, calling for Harris to conduct a probably extra correct accounting of the prices incurred by Oklahoma faculties.
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“Below your supervision, the prices in training resulting from unlawful immigration have risen astronomically. Your failed oversight and efforts are a direct trigger of the present crises Oklahoma and different states now face. Oklahoma taxpayers, faculties, academics, and oldsters shouldn’t bear the burden of your failings. They deserve higher,” Walters mentioned.
In a Tuesday interview, Walters mentioned the border disaster is “crippling” Oklahoma faculties, and that paying for these minors’ training is the “largest unfunded mandate within the nation.”
He mentioned Oklahoma has been the primary state to each calculate the training prices of the border disaster and to really invoice the Biden-Harris administration for the fiscal disparity.
In August, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an govt order directing hospitals to gather value data in a similar way, for sufferers “not lawfully current in the US.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a rally in Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Picture/Susan Walsh)
“Since she’s been the border czar, she’s failed our nation,” Walters mentioned. “Open borders has had an affect on each side of society, however it has overrun our faculties, decimated our households. And it’s completely time to carry them accountable for that.”
Walters mentioned he invitations different states to comply with swimsuit and calculate the actual prices of unlawful immigration, to point out the true results of the disaster on the nation.
Harris’ workplace didn’t reply to a request for remark.
When requested if he expects a response or a remittance, Walters mentioned the administration has lengthy been “unresponsive to the wants of all People.”
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A Customs and Border Safety patch is displayed on the arm of an officer on Sept. 28, 2024, in San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter/Getty Pictures)
“I do know that they’ve magically pretended like they’ve cared about it right here within the final 60 days of their marketing campaign. However the actuality is, as you’ve got seen story after story, knowledge level after knowledge level, and so they’ve ignored them,” he mentioned.
