Plyler Judge Dies
U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice, who more than a quarter-century ago ordered Texas to educate undocumented children, died on Oct. 13. After Mexican immigrants filed a lawsuit in Tyler, Texas, in 1977, Judge Justice ordered Texas districts to provide a free K-12 education for children without documentation of legal U.S. residency. Appeals in the case led to the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe , which held that all school districts are obligated to give children who reside in this country a free education, regardless...
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