By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on October 18, 2016 at 5:56 PM, updated October 18, 2016 at 5:57 PM

NEWARK ? Four New Jersey school districts and one charter school have enrollment practices that discriminate against the children of immigrants living in the country illegally, lawsuits filed by the The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey allege.

The districts require parents to produce either a New Jersey drivers license or state ID ? documents that unauthorized immigrants won't have, the ALCU said. That violates a 1982 Supreme Court decision that forbids school districts from excluding children from enrolling based on immigration status, the organization said.

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