Enlarge this imageBorder Patrol officers in Roma, Texas, on Thursday proce s a migrant family after the family cro sed the Rio Grande into the United States.Brandon Bell/Getty Imageshide captiontoggle captionBrandon Bell/Getty ImagesBorder Patrol officers in Roma, Texas, on Thursday proce s a migrant family after the family cro sed the Rio Grande into the United States.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesTexas Gov. Greg Abbott says his state shouldn’t have to provide free public schooling to undocumented students, despite a long-standing Supreme Court decision that says the opposite.The high court’s Plyler v. Doe ruling of 1982 struck down a Texas law that Chaz Roe Jersey did two things: It denied state funds for any students deemed not to have lawfully entered the U.S., and it allowed public school districts to deny admi sion to those children.Abbott first made his remarks about the landmark education decision on Wednesday, in the aftermath of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Abbott said the court’s 1982 ruling had imposed an unfair burden on his state. Roe v. Wade and the future of reproductive rights in America Here’s what could happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned “I think we will resurrect that case and challenge this i sue again, because the expenses are extraordinary and the times are different” from when the decision came down, Abbott said in an interview with conservative radio host Joe Pagliarulo. In its ruling, the Supreme Court said the Texas legislation violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and would create a distinct undercla s. An advocacy group slams Abbott for his remarks In response to Abbot’s remarks, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) which filed Blank Jersey the original case on behalf of four families whose children were denied a public education sharply criticized the governor. Abbott is seeking “to inflict by intention the harms that nine justices agreed should be avoided 40 years ago,” said Thomas Saenz, MALDEF’s president and general counsel, in a news release.The 1982 decision was a 5-4 ruling, but the justices who di sented in the case did indeed say that it was “sensele s for an enlightened society to deprive any children including illegal aliens of an elementary education.”Their di senting opinion, written by then-Chief Justice Warren Burger, said the court’s majority was overreaching to compensate for the lack of “effective leadership” from Congre s on immigration. Saenz also said that unlike Roe v. Wade, the Plyler v. Doe decision has been incorporated into federal law. Enlarge this imageMigrants in La Joya, Texas, Tyler Glasnow Jersey on Tuesday wait to be proce sed after cro sing the Rio Grande into the United States.Brandon Bell/Getty Imageshide captiontoggle captionBrandon Bell/Getty ImagesMigrants in La Joya, Texas, on Tuesday wait to be proce sed after cro sing the Rio Grande into the United States.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesThe governor predicts a coming influx of migrants After his initial remarks, Abbott reiterated on Thursday that his state is in an untenable position. “The Supreme Court has ruled states have no authority themselves to stop illegal immigration into the states,” Abbott said, according to The Texas Tribune. “However, after the Plyler decision they say, ‘Neverthele s, states have to come out of pocket to pay for the federal government’s failure to secure the border.’ So one or both Nate Lowe Jersey of those decisions will have to go.” Abbott said Texas’ challenges will get worse when the Biden administration ends the Trump-era public health order known as Title 42, which has barred migrants from the U.S. in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The shift will bring a new influx of immigrants, he said.In that respect, the governor is echoing an argument his state made in the Plyler case 40 years ago. In that Supreme Court hearing, then-Texas A sistant Attorney General Richard Arnett said Texas was hoping to discourage immigrants from entering the state illegally. “The problem is not the kids that are here,” he said. “The problem is the future.”