Professors worry ‘immigrants’ left out of school choice, don’t say if illegals included– www.thecollegefix.com

OPINION: Prof’s previous paper ‘deconstructs’ concept of ‘restrictive immigration’ and ‘intrinsic rights of individuals to cross borders’

A pair of College of Charleston professors recently lamented that “immigrant” students often get the short end of the stick when it comes to school choice.

But oddly enough, the words “illegal” and “undocumented” appear nowhere in William McCorkle and Beth Lloyd’s piece in The Conversation. The former never replied when I asked via email for clarification regarding the article.

But that’s OK; it appears the answer comes from McCorkle’s 2022 paper “Teachers’ Views on Deportations, DACA, and a Pathway to Citizenship,” the “theoretical framework” of which (“critical border and migration studies”) says “modern conceptions about borders and migration need to be re-examined and critiqued”:

“[…] to deconstruct the whole notion of restrictive immigration and expand on often controversial subjects like open borders and the intrinsic rights of individuals to cross borders.”