ASan Diego school boardmember has enraged the left after saying deporting migrant children made schools “better.”
“The more illegal aliens with children are deported from Ramona, the better the student-to-teacher ratio,” Maya Phillips, a Ramona Unified School District board member, said atthe March 4 meeting.
She went on to explain the reduction in the student population, given their legal status, would make “better the quality of education for our American and legal immigrant children,” and justified her views “from a practical perspective.”
In an email toCBS 8 San Diego, the board member said she does not pick one side over the other, but rather made a practical observation.
The California Post has reached out to Phillips for further comment.
San Diego County — home toan estimated 150,000+ undocumented immigrants— has been especially affected by nationwide immigration enforcement.
In 2025, child detentions rose sharply: More than 250 children were arrested byImmigration and Customs Enforcementin San Diego and Imperial counties.
Phillips said families who come to the US illegally make a choice and put their kids in environments such as the one currently in the US.
“I want to reassure American families in our district and immigrant families who are here legally that they have no reason to worry about immigration enforcement and no cause for their children to miss school,” the trustee said.
“As for families of illegal aliens, the worry and concern about immigration enforcement is totally appropriate, warranted, well-placed and justified.
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