When immigrants are crime victims, how much does legal status matter?

89.3KPCC reports;

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation's second largest district faces a fifth year of consecutive deficits. Since 2008-9 total deficits amount to more than $2.8 billion.

In 1965, California ranked 5th in the nation for per student funding; today it ranks 46th in the nation in per student funding and 50th in student to teacher ratios. No other portion of the state's budget has been cut as much as K-12 education.

If Gov. Jerry Brown's initiative to raise taxes in November does not pass, then LAUSD will face another mid-year cut and its funding per pupil rate will be about $4,888 for 2012-13. Of this amount, the state would pay only $3,224 and give IOUs for the remainder.

LAUSD has already laid of 8,000 employees in the last five years. And Supt. John Deasy has reduced central bureaucracy to ensure money goes to instruction; local districts have been reduced from eight to four.

As this nation tries to come to grips with this economic downturn, the most vulnerable area of our society, our education system, is suffering the most.

However, this is the one area that we can least afford to ignore. The education of our young is critical to the future and well being of our country.

IMO, the outrage of the unconscionable acts of these "teachers", is an example of what happens when school districts are underfunded.

It's interesting that, at least in LA, the police are not allowed to question the status or arrest illegal immigrants that report, or are victim of crimes.

Jan Brewers' controversial Arizona Immigration law, does exactly the opposite.

It seems to me the Arizona approach only encourages crimes against illegals and their children, because the perps know there is little chance their victims will report the crime.