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Oklahoma governor rejects plan to ask students about immigration status and slams ‘political drama’ at Board of Education

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Gov. Kevin Stitt rejected a controversial state Board of Education proposal to ask students’ families about their immigration status.

The proposal requires parents to report their immigration or citizenship status when enrolling their children in school.

It came as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders pledged to crack down on undocumented immigrants and carry out a mass deportation plan.

The goal of the rule change is “to assess statewide and local educational needs,” according to the text.

Immigration and education advocates question the proposal’s legality and argue it would discourage students from attending school.

Current US law on immigrants in schools stems from the 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe.

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