Seriously? Why do all conservative arguments come down to "OMG Illegals are destroying everything!!! Ah run! Them people is different and it scares me!"

And yes, private schools do discriminate have not allowed kids in because they don't fully conform to their standard (physical or mental handicap, learning disability, religion). I know those kids, I've met their parents and heard their stories.

Maybe, just maybe, if we dumped corporate welfare, started taxing the wealthy, and stopped trying to enforce corporate interests abroad with our very expensive military, then we could afford to fully fund our schools and then (wonder of wonders) our schools would be great, our kids would be educated and we could engage with the world as equals, rather than a bunch of back woods hicks that think dinosaurs ran around with humans, the Earth isn't becoming a giant double boiler, and that science & education can save lives and make things better and isn't the bogeyman.

MAYBE?