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FIRST ON FOX: Red state suing Biden admin for unleashing ‘chaos’ on schools through open border
FIRST ON FOX: The state of Oklahoma is suing to hold the Biden administration accountable for unleashing “massive chaos” on the public school system in the state through four years of open border policies.
The suit, launched by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, targets President Biden’s Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. It demands the Biden administration refund Oklahoma for the approximately $470 million it had to spend on educating thousands of illegal immigrant children over the last four years.
Walters, who filed the suit in the Western District Court of Oklahoma today, told Fox News Digital that public schools are “overrun with illegal immigrants” who are stretching the system’s resources thin and limiting opportunities for the children of taxpaying citizens.
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Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters speaks during a special state Board of Education meeting on April 12, 2023 in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
According to data gathered by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, the state spends approximately $11,000 per student annually, and the number of unaccompanied migrant children placed in the state is nearly 3,000.
Walters said that Oklahoma schools are struggling to provide adequate resources for immigrant children, such as certified teachers for students with limited English proficiency, transportation and individualized education plans, and that these challenges have a long-term impact on school budgets and the quality of education for all students in the state.
“It truly is chaos in the school system. And who’s suffering here? It’s the students,” said Walters. “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris did this intentionally, and we’ve got students caught in the crossfire here. We have got to protect them, and we’ve got to get our states back on track in educating our kids.”
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A migrant carries his paperwork after being dropped off at a church serving as a shelter for migrants who are seeking asylum, after they were released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on May 19, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Though President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office next week, he said that Oklahoma taxpayers are still being saddled with the costs of the Biden administration’s failed border policies.
He pointed to an NBC interview with outgoing ICE Director P.J. Lechleitner, who said the Biden administration “absolutely” should have acted sooner to shut down the border.
Walters said, “They knew it was happening, and they didn’t do anything about it.”
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“Last week we had Joe Biden’s top ICE director admit that they allowed this to happen, that they allowed the law to be broken … and frankly, they’re crystal clear these orders came from the top, they came from Joe Biden and the border czar Kamala Harris,” he said. “We cannot just allow them to skate off into the sunset and say, ‘President Trump, here you go, states, sorry, we just caused this massive chaos across your schools, across your state, into your communities.’ Those individuals have to be held accountable for the chaos they brought to our kids and our families. And that’s what this lawsuit will do.”
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Then-President Trump, left, speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott as they participate in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Walters called on other states to join Oklahoma’s suit against the Biden administration, saying that “every state has to get a grasp of what illegal immigration has done to their school system, has done to their states.”
“This is the future we’re talking about; we’re trying to get education back on track,” he said.
“This is how you change this trajectory. This is how you get the Trump administration the support that they need by holding the current administration accountable, getting this data, getting this information,” he went on, concluding: “In Oklahoma, we’re not going to tolerate Kamala Harris and Joe Biden allowing our schools to be overrun with illegal immigrants and with this lawsuit, we will hold them accountable to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma.”
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A wrong-way driver was arrested after he allegedly ran over a police officer’s foot with his car while forcing his way into a Palisades Fire evacuation area.
On Jan. 13, Walter William Larkins, 37, a Malibu resident, was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road on Ocean Avenue heading toward Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica at around 6:45 a.m.
Larkins, who was driving a green Toyota Highlander, was reportedly seen following National Guard vehicles toward an area that was closed to traffic and open to emergency vehicles only, police said.
A Santa Monica officer motioned for Larkins to stop, but he ignored the request and continued driving through the checkpoint area, running over the officer’s foot as he fled, police said.
The officer was transported to the hospital with a “soft tissue injury,” officials said.
Other officers were alerted of the breach and the suspect was located through a network of flock cameras (license plate readers).
Police eventually spotted Larkins on the 2200 Block of Pico Boulevard and pulled him over. He was arrested for felony hit-and-run and several vehicle code violations.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Investigator Raleigh at Evan.Raleigh@santamonica.gov.
The public can also call Santa Monica police’s non-emergency dispatch line at 310-458- 8491 or the Watch Commander at 310-458-8427.
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FAA investigating after United, Delta flights nearly collide before landing at Phoenix airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a United Airlines flight and a Delta Air Lines flight, each carrying hundreds of people, had a near-collision while preparing to land in Phoenix over the weekend.
United Airlines Flight 1724 and Delta Air Lines Flight 1070 both landed safely at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after “experiencing a loss of required separation” as the two passenger flights were arriving at the airport around 11 a.m. Saturday, the FAA said.
“Both flight crews received onboard alerts that the other aircraft was nearby,” the FAA said in a statement. “Air traffic control issued corrective instructions to both flight crews.”
Officials did not provide the exact distance between the two aircraft when the alerts went off. The FAA said it is investigating the incident.
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The FAA is investigating after two passenger jets, a United flight and a Delta flight, had a close call when attempting to land at an airport in Phoenix on Saturday. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, File)
A United spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement that the flight’s pilot “received an automated flight deck warning to change their altitude” as the pilot was preparing to land.
“The pilots acted immediately and landed safely,” the statement said.
The United flight was carrying 123 passengers and six crew from San Francisco to Phoenix, the airline spokesperson said. (iStock)
The United flight was a Boeing 737-900 en route from San Francisco and carrying 123 passengers and six crew, the spokesperson said.
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A Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement that its pilots and crew are trained to handle such situations.
The Delta flight was carrying 245 customers from Detroit to Phoenix, the airline spokesperson said. (iStock)
“As nothing is more important than safety, Delta flight crews extensively train to handle uncommon scenarios such as this and followed the resolution advisory as directed,” the statement said.
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The Delta flight was an Airbus A330-300 en route from Detroit, carrying 245 customers, the spokesperson said.
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A 55-year-old Ventura County man out of jail after being arrested for alleged lewd acts inside a high school girls’ locker room and authorities believe there may be additional victims, officials announced Wednesday.
The Jan. 13 incident unfolded at Newbury Park High School after the victim, only identified as a 15-year-old female student and resident of Thousand Oaks, reported that an unidentified man had been inside the girls’ locker room and performed an unspecified “lewd act in her presence,” a news release from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office stated.
The sheriff’s office’s East County Sexual Assault Unit launched at the school, located at 456 Reino Road in Newbury Park, along with school administrators.
“Sheriff’s investigators were able to identify the suspect, James Arthur Silver,” authorities said. “Silver was later located and arrested for Lewd Conduct.”
It is unclear how the 55-year-old was able to access the girls’ locker room, whether he might be employed by the school, has a child that attends the school or trespassed onto the campus.
Silver was booked into the Ventura County East Sheriff’s Jail and later released. He is due to appear in court in March, officials said.
Due to the nature of this investigation, detectives believe there may be additional victims or witnesses and encourage anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s East County Sexual Assault Unit Sergeant Ray Dominguez at 805-371-8392.
Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-222-8477 or leave tips online at www.lacrimestoppers.org.
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