Word: besteiro
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...Supreme Court ruling last year guaranteed children of illegal immigrants a free public education. In Los Angeles County, officials say the annual cost of educating these children runs as high as $415 million. Texas spends about $50 million. In Brownsville, on the Texas border, School Superintendent Raul Besteiro estimates that there are some 2,000 illegal alien children among the 30,000 children in his school district. The city has 350 portable classrooms to handle the overflow. Asks a frustrated Besteiro: "Why should Brownsville taxpayers have to pay for construction for people who illegally cross our border...