‘They don’t even speak English’: GOP lawmaker weighs barring immigrant children from public schools

Layton Rep. Trevor Lee is listed as the sponsor for a constitutional amendment to keep immigrant children lacking permanent legal status from enrolling in public schools, but is substituting a resolution to urge Congress to pass Republican-backed immigration reforms instead.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students of Escalante Elementary in Salt Lake City head back to class, January, 25, 2021. Republican Rep. Trevor Lee is the sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment to bar immigrant children who lack permanent legal status from attending Utah's public schools.