Students, protesters oppose Tennessee bill to deny free public education to children without documen

(17 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 14 April 2025
1. Wide shot of protesters in Nashville holding a banner reading "Education is a Right" during an immigration public education rally.
2. Wide shot of protestors in Nashville walking with signs advocating for public education and immigration rights

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 2 April 2025
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) State Rep. William Lamberth, (R) Tennessee, sponsor of a bill that would allow schools to prohibit students who are living in the US illegally from accessing free public education:
"From a from a strict 10th Amendment rights standpoint, every single state should be able to make a determination on which students are educated within their borders and how."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) State Rep. William Lamberth, (R) Tennessee, sponsor of a bill that would allow schools to prohibit students who are living in the US illegally from accessing free public education:
"We want to be able to allow our schools _ allow not force _ but allow our schools to ask for proof of immigration status."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 26 March 2025
5. Close up of a protester holding an "Education for All" sign against a door of a House committee room

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 2 April 2025
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) State Rep. William Lamberth, (R) Tennessee, sponsor of a bill that would allow schools to prohibit students who are living in the US illegally from accessing free public education:
"And then if you are not a legal citizen , if you’re illegally in the United States, then that school would be able to charge you a tuition that would be commiserate with the additional cost of educating that child."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 26 March 2025
7. Mid shot of two people embracing after a vote in a House committee
8. Wide of protesters opposing a bill that would limit access to free public education for children not living in the country legally

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 10 April 2025
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Silvestre Correa Del Canto, 12-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, on the proposed legislation:
"I think it’s a very unfair thing that undocumented kids aren’t able to go to school because first of all, they didn’t have any say if their parents came here because they were most likely very young, like I was."
10. Mid shot of families and children holding signs advocating for educational rights in Nashville.
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Silvestre Correa Del Canto, 12-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, on allowing children access to free public education despite their immigration status.
"They can be doctors when they grow up and save people’s lives or do something really great if they get the right education."
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Gisselle Huerta, founder of Hijos de Inmigrantes, protesting the bill:
"Come here scared. I know immigrants are scared to come out here. But do it scared, do it like your parents did and fight for our rights. We are here and we are here to stay."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 14 April 2025
13. Mid shot of protesters in Nashville advocating for immigrant education rights
14. Wide shot of protesters in graduation caps marching in Nashville, Tennessee
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Juana Chavez Hernandez, immigrant living in Nashville, on her opposition to the bill:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee – 10 April 2025

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