A California activist says one school district is seeing the consequences of President Barack Obama's program that would allow illegal immigrants to live in the U.S. longer.
Illegal immigrants are asking the Los Angeles Unified School District for records that might qualify them to stay in the county and work, if they can prove they have lived in the United States since 2007.
The Los Angeles Times reports that thousands of illegals are trying to qualify for Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which will allow individuals 30 years of age or younger to work in the states for up to two years. LA Unified estimates that roughly 200,000 students in the district may qualify.
Bill Balderama of the Southern California Patriot Coalition does not agree with Obama's efforts.
"We know that there's a political dimension in Obama's move, so this is just one of those things -- consequences," he states. "It's financial, and who knows what else is affected? It's really unfortunate, and I don't agree with Obama's move, but that's that."
The Times reports that the district had a backlog of more than 2,000 requests before the first day individuals could enter forms to the government for the program.
LA Unified is the nation's second-largest school district.