Oklahoma schools chief bills Kamala Harris $474M for education costs, citing illegal immigration
'Only your administration knows the... actual cost of illegal immigration,' Ryan Walters wrote
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published October 29, 2024 2:28pm EDT
Oklahoma's top elected education official sent a "demand letter" to Vice President Kamala Harris that essentially served as an invoice for what the illegal immigration crisis under her tenure overseeing the border has cost Sooner State schools.
"As the statewide elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oklahoma and the Executive Officer of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), it is my duty to ensure that the resources allocated to our public schools are counted for and used in the most effective manner possible for the benefit of Oklahoma students’ education," Ryan Walters wrote to Harris.
In August, Walters tasked the department to work with school districts to calculate the financial impact borne by taxpayers on illegal immigrant minors. That analysis resulted in an estimate of $474.9 million, which he demanded of Harris in the letter.
"This demand amount is, by necessity, an estimate because only your administration knows the true number of illegal immigrants crossing this nation’s borders and the actual costs of illegal immigration," he said, calling for Harris to conduct a potentially more accurate accounting of the costs incurred by Oklahoma schools.
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