Ohio Teachers' Union Head Defends Advice to Members on Actions if ICE Shows up at Schools

Ohio teachers' union head defends advice to members on actions if ICE shows up at schools

Critics have said a letter from Ohio Education Association President Jeff Wensing to school employees advises them to confront ICE agents, but he said that's not true at all.

Ohio Education Association Tells Members to Resist ICE

COLUMBUS – January 21, 2026 –Last week, the Ohio Education Association (OEA), which represents over 100,000 public school employees, joined two local Columbus-area teachers unions in denouncing the recent surge in immigration enforcement by ICE in cities across the country.  The Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (CFT) Clayton Adams, an Aiken High School special education teacher and vice president of organizing for the teachers’ union, says that…