Ha ha, I ran across this 9-year old article earlier from little, hot, dusty Calexico (been there a few times, lol). The school district there has employed someone to take photos of students crossing the border to attend public school there. And knock on doors of “guardians” of students suspected of living in MX. Hilarious!
It’s border crossing only had two gates last time I was there!
Not all districts on board
Jesus Gandara, superintendent of the Sweetwater district, with 44,000 students along San Diego’s border with Mexico, said tracking children at the border goes too far. “If you do that, you’re playing immigration agent,” he said.
Notice how Gandara didn’t seem too concerned. And neither did his predecessor OR successor (formerly the CVESD superintendent). They’re not “concerned” because they don’t really want to know. If SUHSD suddenly should lose 10K+ of their (non-resident) students, they would have to do massive layoffs. That would certainly put a dent in the super’s “umbrella of influence.” It’s very simple. Less students = less employees = smaller organization = his job won’t command the salary/eventual pension it currently does.
