- SAN DIEGO -- Mexican teenagers
have been crossing the border to attend school in America for years as
the schools they attend collect more tax dollars for enrolling them.
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- The crossings were first documented back in 1993 when
a former San Diego assemblyman videotaped students crossing the border
and boarding a bus that took them to a U.S. school.
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- The illegal crossings for education are still a trend
eleven years later. A Fox News crew recently watched while students left
Southwest High School for the day and got on a trolley that took them down
to the border where they crossed over to go home for the evening.
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- Parents in the Sweetwater School District are outraged
because they say students are now forced to go to schools that are overcrowded,
and they say they've begged the district to implement tougher enrollment
standards but the district insists the problem isn't widespread.
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- The district counters that they have very stringent residency
rules and require students to show proof of residency before being enrolled.
But the district admits it receives $5,400 each year from the state for
each student enrolled, which some parents contend is the real issue.
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