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John Hope Bryant: “I think it is all our responsibilities to take the next step and say what would be the actual result of doing what the…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
I think it is all our responsibilities to take the next step and say what would be the actual result of doing what the gentleman is advocating. Nobody wants illegal immigrants to be in this country, but the simple fact is not one single credible source believes that if we keep these kids out of school that their parents are going to leave or that they will not come here because, as the gentleman from California said, they are not getting a decent education where they came from anyway. If that is the case, what do we expect to do with all these kids on the street, first; and, second, what do we think will happen to all these kids on the street?
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John Hope Bryant
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Discussing the implications of keeping immigrant children out of school.

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