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From the Washington Examiner: Vice President Kamala Harris is being pressed by a top state official in Oklahoma to back a reimbursement for the cost to taxpayers of illegal immigration and its impact on schools, according to a letter.
In a letter on Tuesday to Harris and the White House, Oklahoma schools Superintendent Ryan Walters criticized the Biden-Harris administration for its “abject failure to secure the border and enforce immigration law.” Citing data from the Washington, D.C.-based Federation for American Immigration Reform, the Republican requested a reimbursement of almost $475 million for “the financial impact borne by Oklahoma taxpayers for education of illegal immigrant children.”
“Under your supervision, the costs in education due to illegal immigration have risen astronomically,” Walters wrote in the letter, zeroing in on how President Joe Biden tapped Harris in 2021 to address the root causes of the border crisis. Next to the economy, immigration continues to poll as one of the most important issues to voters this election.
“Your failed oversight and efforts are a direct cause of the current crises Oklahoma and other states now face,” added Walters, a former Education Secretary in Oklahoma who has faced scrutiny from Democrats for being a “firebrand” conservative. “Oklahoma taxpayers, schools, teachers, and parents should not bear the burden of your failings. They deserve better.”
Walters shared a copy of his letter to Harris with the public.
READ the full letter I sent to @VP Harris –> pic.twitter.com/JtzzhPoJkO
— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) October 29, 2024
“This week I sent a letter to @VP Harris calling for Oklahoma taxpayers to be reimbursed the ~$475 million they have paid since 2021 to educate illegal immigrants. This admin must be held accountable for their utter failure at the border,” Walters announced in a social media post.
This week I sent a letter to @VP Harris calling for Oklahoma taxpayers to be reimbursed the ~$475 million they have paid since 2021 to educate illegal immigrants. This admin must be held accountable for their utter failure at the border. https://t.co/FI6aDBDUF4
— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) October 29, 2024
Last week, Walters vowed, “We will continue to fight to get Bibles and high quality teachers in every Oklahoma classroom!”
We will continue to fight to get Bibles and high quality teachers in every Oklahoma classroom! pic.twitter.com/hzOOFF2KeU
— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) October 25, 2024
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