‘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.
Emily is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2022. She received her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. There, she worked on investigative projects for The Washington Post and ProPublica. While writing, she's probably spinning something from her ever-expanding shelf of punk records.