I was shocked when I saw this quote in a column yesterday.

In fact, Tom Rodriguez, the executive manager of the Clark County School District's Diversity and Affirmative Action Programs, is quoted in today's newspaper saying no school system in the country tracks whether its students are in the country legally or not.

"You might find some people on the far right who would want to do that," he said, "but I can't think of any educators that would want to do that. Why would an educator not want to provide educational services?"

I find the comment by Tom Rodriguez to be laughable. I'm sure that if he were to ask the teachers of his district, he would find a large number of them certainly do want to track how many students are in this country illegally and turn them over for deportation. He'd find out that many of them are tired of seeing scarce educational resources diverted to special programs for the immigration criminals while the needs of American citizen children go unmet. He'd also find that many of them are believers in the concept of law and order, and therefore wish to see government agencies facilitating the enforcement of our nation's immigration laws rather than obstructing such enforcement.

Indeed, given that some 3/4 of Americans opposed the recent immigration bill with its amnesty provisions, I'd argue that Rodriguez is either a fool or a liar if he believes that those numbers do not generally reflect the attitude of educators. In other words, a great many educators in all parts of this country want real border enforcement and the removal of illegal immigrants from the United States.

But then again, what do I know -- I'm just a teacher.

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