demand information from our schools about our kids. well, this began on monday when thomas perez, the assistant u.s. attorney general, sent letters to all the schools in alabama demanding that they turn over enrollment info including how many kids quit school or just fulled a no show after the state passed that tougher new immigration law. part of it requires schools to collect info on the immigration status of students although, and this is important, it does not exclude undocumented aliens from the classroom. doj says it's worried it, quote, may discourage student participation and/or lead to the exclusion of children from public education based on their parents' actual or perceived immigration status. well, that prompted luther strange, alabama's attorney general, to fire off a response that said, hey, none of your business. show me your legal authority for demanding that kind of data about our kids. quote, otherwise i will assume