OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — After filing a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security leaders for $474 million, State Superintendent Ryan Walters is facing backlash.  “It is just another attention grabbing political theater stunt that we see too often from him that wastes our time,” said Erica Watkins, the state director of Defense of Democracy Oklahoma.  Superintendent Walters is suing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Peter Flores. According to a news release, Walters is seeking “compensation for the severe financial and operational strain that their failed border policies have placed on Oklahoma’s public schools.”  Walters-lawsuit-against-ICE-DHSDownload “We're 49th in education and something like this isn't going to make our school systems better," said Oklahoma House Representative Arturo Alonso-Sandoval, D-Oklahoma City.  In the suit, Walters says Oklahoma spends over $13,736 per student enrolled in local school districts based on a report from the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. He goes on to say the approximate 3,000 undocumented unaccompanied minors residing in Oklahoma have cost taxpayers roughly $41.2 million since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration. Walters highlighted three main points from the lawsuit in his release:  "1. Exorbitant Costs: Oklahoma taxpayers have absorbed the burden of millions in additional costs as a direct result of the Biden Administration’s open-border policies.  2. Diversion of Resources: Resources that should benefit Oklahoma children are being redirected to address the federal government’s failures. This affects every Oklahoma student, family and public school district. 3. Neglect of Constitutional Duty: The lawsuit contends that Biden and Mayorkas’s failure to secure the border violates their responsibility to uphold national security, leaving states to handle the fallout.” PREVIOUS COVERAGE: State Superintendent Walters files $474 million lawsuit against ICE, Homeland Security "It is unfortunate whenever we have someone who's supposed to be a state leader in education, really attacking the students that he's intended to serve,” said Alonso-Sandoval.  The lawsuit prompted Alonso-Sandoval to call on Walters to resign.  “The Constitution says that, you know, our government should provide a free public education to all students. Citizens' citizenship status is not included in that,” said Alonso-Sandoval.  Watkins echoed that sentiment.  "It's gone too far,” said Watkins. “I can speak for a lot of Oklahoma parents and educators that are also asking the same thing."  KFOR asked the Oklahoma State Department of Education if they had any additional comments, but so far we have not heard back.