Oklahoma City (AP) – Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said that he would end a plan that was promoted by the state’s highest education officer in order to collect children’s immigration status if they register for the public school.
The Republican governor said on Wednesday that he was a convincing opponent of illegal immigration, but political decision -makers should concentrate on the illegal, the other crimes, should concentrate on those in the country.
“Collect 6, 7, 8-year-old children’s addresses and immigration status in the state of Oklahoma, that is not a problem with public security” according to people who commit crimes, and do not terrorize us and do not let our children appear to school. “
The state superintendent Ryan Walters urged the proposal, which was approved by the State Education Committee last month, overtaking teachers and bourgeois libertarians and promoted fear in immigrant communities.
“The well -founded rejection of a radical attempt by the governor to undermine the right to education in an explanation.
The proposed rule, according to which the governor’s consent is obliged to have its effect, stipulates that parents or legal guardians provide proof of citizenship for their children, resident card or other legal document.
This week, Stitt also replaced three members of the education committee who approved the rule and said that he was frustrated with the idea that children were used as “political farmers”.
In a statement, Walters said that he intended to place two of the board members who were removed in a Trump consulting committee that “will continue to fight the liberal DC swamp, which has now occurred in Oklahoma Executive Department”.
The step of Stitt signals a growing fatigue for some chosen Republicans with Walters, Stitt’s former Minister of Education, who has spent the majority of his first term in describing what he describes as “bright” ideology in public schools, for Bible lessons in classrooms and Attempt is required for bias from school libraries.
Walters has not announced any plans to run for another office, but he is often mentioned as a potential candidate for governor or Lieutenants governor in 2026.
“These boys are running for their next office,” said Stitt on Wednesday. “You play politics, try to get your names in the newspaper, and Oklahomans can see it properly.”
