Case Summary: In Plyler v. Doe (1982), four Mexican-American families challenged a Texas law that withheld from public schools any state funds for educating undocumented children. Their own school district was charging $1000 per undocumented child to compensate for lost funding. These families argued that the law violated their own children’s rights to Equal Protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled in their favor in a 5-4 decision, holding that states cannot constitutionally deny a free public education to students because of their immigration status.

Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.