WASHINGTON, D.C. – If you’re among the Americans who think the chaos happening along the U.S.-Mexico border doesn’t really concern you, guess again.

Over the past several months, an estimated 60,000 children from Central American countries have been streaming across the border, many of them unaccompanied by an adult. That total grows everyday as more immigrant children enter the country.

The immediate focus of immigration officials has been to feed, clothe, and shelter these children. But as summer vacation winds down, officials will have a new worry: where to send these children to school.

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An unnamed aide to Republican lawmaker tells National Review Online those 60,000 Central American children will wind up in a public school somewhere in the U.S., and taxpayers will be “forced to pay the huge cost.”

“Parents who can afford [it] may send their kids to private school — while their taxes fund free education for illegal immigrants (who are obviously being given a free pass to stay),” the GOP aide writes in an email to National Review Online. “These Americans’ own children’s education then suffers as a result of the impact on school resources.”

That’s no exaggeration.

The school districts in which these 60,000 (and counting) children are placed will face crowded classrooms, a rising need for ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers and aides, aides for traditional and special education classrooms, counselors and social workers.

The districts will also have to provide the children with free breakfasts and lunches, as well as access to the various “wraparound” services that public schools are required to offer low-income families.

With school budgets already stretched to the limits, all of these added expenses could force some districts to cut academic programs (such as gifted and talented classes) and extracurricular activities (such as athletics).

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Florida state Rep. Jose Felix Diaz has warned the immigration surge will cause “a very big (financial) crisis” for the Miami-Dade school district unless the federal government sends extra money their way.

Those Americans whose school district won’t be directly affected by the influx of immigrant children shouldn’t think they’re going to get off scott-free. Public school employee unions and their supporters will use the various budget crises to demand state lawmakers “invest” more and more money into public education, which could lead to higher taxes for everybody.

But Americans shouldn’t worry too much: Our brave leaders in Washington D.C. are aware of the crisis and have snapped into action.

National Review Online reports the Departments of Justice and Education sent a letter to all public school districts in May reminding them that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gives illegal immigrants the right to education services.

The feds’ letter reads: “While a district may restrict attendance to district residents, inquiring into students’ citizenship or immigration status, or that of their parents or guardians would not be relevant to establishing residency within the district.”

The minority of Americans who are paying attention to the border chaos are beginning to understand what the “fundamental” transformation of the United States of America looks like.

Perhaps the rest will begin understanding when their children’s school starts up again in the fall.