US EditionMinnesota School Districts and Teachers Sue DHS to Restrict ICE Near Schools
The lawsuit seeks to reinstate a policy restricting immigration enforcement within 1,000 feet of schools, citing disruptions that caused a nearly 30% attendance drop, officials said.
- Minnesota school districts, the statewide teachers' union, and Fridley Public Schools sued the Department of Homeland Security and its leadership, including Secretary Kristi Noem, to reinstate the policy designating schools as sensitive locations.
- The lawsuit was filed after armed and masked agents came onto the Roosevelt High School property in Minneapolis as class was letting out, with video showing individuals tackled and chemical irritants used on bystanders.
- Duluth Public Schools Superintendent John Magas said the district joined the lawsuit to ensure student safety, stating, “What’s happening right now is just shocking and horrible. I want our kids to be safe.
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notus.org‘Haunting and taunting’: Federal agents near schools are changing the landscape of learning
Educators and Democrats are warning that the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration operations are taking a toll on students and their communities. The unprecedented scale of immigration operations over the past year has forced school districts to quickly adapt. School districts are filing lawsuits, disseminating “know your rights” information and implementing rapid-response protocols in case enforcement action happens in their neighborho…
“I’m not asking for immigration reform. I’m just asking that ICE not be in school facilities, on our buses, or on our vehicles,” said a member of Minnesota’s education staff.
Minnesota school districts, teachers unions sue to block immigration agents from school property
Two Minnesota school districts and the state's largest teachers union on Wednesday sued to block federal immigration agents from showing up to school property, which educators say is distressing families and disrupting student learning.
Minnesota districts, teachers union sue federal government for targeting schools
This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. A coalition of Minnesota school districts and the state’s teachers union, Education Minnesota, on Wednesday filed suit in U.S. District Court demanding the reinstatement of a decades-old federal policy barring immigration enforcement activities near schools and other “sensitive locations.” …
How ICE Raids Are Affecting Children—And What Schools Can Do
At the end of winter break at the Garlough Environmental Magnet School in West St. Paul, Minnesota, more than 50 students did not return to class. At the time, federal immigration agents were conducting military-style operations throughout the area, detaining both students and parents as they went to or from school, including a 5-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl in another town. That January in Minnesota, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem…
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