As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fan out across the country to conduct high-profile migrant arrests that President Donald Trump has called for, local and state officials are developing their own directives to support—or possibly thwart—potential ICE visits to public schools.
The Trump administration announced last month that it would reverse guidance in place since 2011 that restricted migrant arrests at “sensitive locations,” including schools, hospitals and places of worship.
In 2022, the most recent numbers available, there were about 850,000 children in the country illegally, according to the Pew Research Center. Long-standing federal policy from the U.S. Department of Education—backed by the U.S. Supreme Court—says that all children, regardless of their or their parents’ immigration status, are entitled to public elementary and secondary education.
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