Bilingualism has long been a hot-button topic in the United States and it’s often hard to tell the difference between bilingualism and other controversial issues such as segregation, immigration and education reform. Bilingualism often involves some of the most, economically and politically, disadvantaged groups living in the United States, namely, undocumented immigrants. Since the addition of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, legal battles have been fought and won, to ensure that all people regardless of their citizenship status, are equally protected under the law. One such case is Plyler v. Doe 1981. In 1975 the State of Texas created a law which authorized local school districts to deny enrollment to any child who
