Texas Teacher Fired After Requesting Trump 'Remove the Illegals' From School
Georgia Clark sent the requests via Twitter.
Fort Worth, Texas high school English teacher Georgia Clark has been fired from her job after sending out tweets asking for Donald Trump to aid in "investigating and removing the illegals," BuzzFeed News reports. She was fired on Tuesday after the board of the Fort Worth Independent School District unanimously voted to terminate Clark's contract.
"We wish to ensure these students that all children and their parents and/or guardians, that all children are welcome in Fort Worth ISD," Jacinto Ramos Jr., school board President, said.
Clark says that she thought the tweets, which she sent out last month, were private.
“Mr. President, Fort Worth Independent School District is loaded with illegal students from Mexico,” Clark wrote in one of the tweets. The account from which Clark sent out the tweets has since been deleted.
"I do not know what to do," Clark wrote in another tweet, allegedly thinking it was some sort of direct and private line to Trump. "Anything you can do to remove the illegals from Fort Worth would be greatly appreciated." Clark then proceeded to give out two of her phone numbers as well as her actual name.
Buzz Feed News points out that in 1982 the Supreme Court ruled that children who fall under undocumented status have the right to go to public schools.
Clark reportedly plans on contesting the decision, the New York Times reports.
