The El Paso Independent School District has provided the Texas Comptroller’s Office with records breaking down the number of students enrolled using a Social Security number and those who use a state-approved alternative identification number, raising concerns that the data may be used to target undocumented students.
EPISD board President Leah Hanany confirmed to El Paso Matters that the district provided the records requested by the comptroller, but noted that they alone cannot be used to determine citizenship status. Districts assign students an alternative number when a family does not provide a Social Security number.
“I think they’re trying to ascertain which children have Social Security numbers and which don’t. But it’s impossible to ascertain that. Anybody can register their child using an alternate number,” Hanany told El Paso Matters…