{"id":23258,"date":"2020-07-23T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23258"},"modified":"2020-07-23T16:11:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:11:51","slug":"teachers-unions-north-carolina-illegal-benefits-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/07\/23\/teachers-unions-north-carolina-illegal-benefits-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffTeachers\u2019 Unions Offering Master Class in Pandemic Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/strong>There are certain and fairly reasonable priorities teachers have as they make their way back, or partially-back, to the classroom, such as sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE), or adequate space to meet social distancing needs. Then, there are the crassly political and unreasonable demands being made by some teachers\u2019 unions, including universal health care and \u201cdirect income support\u201d for illegal aliens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a stinging rebuke of the North Carolina’s \u201cschool re-open\u201d plan, the Durham Association of Educators (DAE) released a statement<\/a> laced with political buzzwords, accusations against state and federal politicians. In reality, it was more a cover to justify their outrageous demands by pointing to the death of a child from COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement contends the curve in COVID-19 cases has\nnot been flattened and that \u201c[President] Trump, [Education Secretary Betsy] DeVos, and\n[N.C. Senate leader Phil] Berger want schools to open because they care about\nprotecting wealth and big business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, DAE argues that to flatten the curve the \u201cconcrete policies\u201d that should be adopted are \u201cmoratoriums on rent and mortgage, universal health care, direct income support regardless of immigration status.” So, how do these political demands dressed up as public health concerns connect to the tragic death<\/a> of Aurea Soto Morales, who contracted the virus from her parents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to DAE President Michelle Burton<\/a>, Morales\u2019 parents both had to work and did not have insurance because they are illegal aliens, saying, \u201cIf I have a child who comes to school sick, and they\u2019re in the classroom, it affects everyone in the building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morales\u2019 family told a local CBS News affiliate<\/a> that they wanted people to be aware younger people can get the virus, wanted businesses to take measures to limit crowds, and individuals to wear masks. \u201cEvery little thing they do may save lives,\u201d Jennifer Morales, the girl\u2019s sister, implored. Unlike the DAE, Morales\u2019 family recognize that policies regarding wearing masks, social distancing and hand washing will help to save real lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politicized blather from the teachers\u2019 unions sadly did not just begin with the arrival of the global pandemic. For several years, Durham has labeled itself a \u201cwelcoming city<\/a>\u201d and in 2016, the DAE passed a resolution<\/a> opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions and \u201cthe deportation of Durham Public Schools students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political posturing on illegal immigration in Durham is not unique to the DAE. The following year, Durham\u2019s Public Schools Board of Education approved<\/a> requests from the DAE to revise school policy<\/a> regarding speaking with illegal alien students and to strengthen privacy protections. For example, a school superintendent must tell the school board if ICE requests to speak with a student. And this year, the city\u2019s mayor suggested people donate<\/a> their COVID-19 stimulus checks to illegal aliens who were barred by the CARES Act from receiving them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor are Durham-area education groups alone in turning their focus away from meeting the needs of individual families to the larger cause of left-wing politics. For example, the North Carolina Association of Educators is also circulating a petition<\/a> demanding \u201cappropriate decision-making bodies\u201d meet with public school employees to discuss, among other things, \u201cracial and economic justice.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the National Education Association (NEA) issued its \u201crequests<\/a>\u201d for items to be included in the second COVID-19 relief package. Not only does the NEA want American taxpayers to fund Medicaid state options covering illegal aliens, they want the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE and Customs and Border Patrol to suspend all immigration enforcement activities in and around hospitals and urge DHS and ICE to end all immigrant enforcement activities immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of difficult issues to overcome before children are back in the classroom, so maybe the unions should focus on addressing those and leave the political issues for after the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TThere are certain and fairly reasonable priorities teachers have as they make their way back, or partially-back, to the classroom, such as sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE), or adequate space to meet social distancing needs. Then, there are the crassly political and unreasonable demands being made by some teachers\u2019 unions, including universal health care and<\/p>\n

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