Kids of illegal immigrants skip school

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | September 3, 2008

Hundreds of Toronto students who are in Canada illegally are too scared to go to school over fears they’ll be deported, teachers and immigration groups say. The Toronto District School Board is not living up to its policy of not asking about immigration status, Farrah Miranda, of No One Is Illegal said yesterday. As many as 200,000 families are living illegally in Toronto, she said, and many have children who are eligible for school but don’t go because they fear deportation.

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