“They need their education.”But Carmit Poyras, a Sacramento mother, supports the new Head Start policy. Poyras sees providing Head Start to undocumented children as irresponsible largesse. But in practice, the new Head Start policy may free up relatively few spots. Even when a landmark 1996 welfare reform law barred undocumented immigrants from getting most forms of government assistance, including child care subsidies, nothing changed for Head Start. Nationwide, there are far more children eligible for Head Start than available Head Start seats.