To Commissioner Mike Morath Texas Education Agency:
Dear Commissioner Morath, We are writing to you on behalf of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) to inquire about the Texas Education Agency's response to the Trump Administration's rescission of the "protected areas" policy, which will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct arrests at schools.
Specifically, MALC is requesting clear and detailed guidance from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on how local school districts and school personnel should respond to and prepare themselves for federal immigration enforcement actions in Texas schools.
MALC is the country's oldest and largest Latino legislative caucus with the purpose of representing the interests of a united Latino constituency across the State of Texas.
Texas is home to 1.6 million undocumented people, roughly 111,000 of whom attend Texas public schools. A large percentage of that undocumented population is Latino. As you are aware, schools serve as places of learning, growth, and security for children –-regardless of their immigration status. The prospect of ICE officers entering classrooms to detain and remove students presents an unimaginable threat to Texas children's physical safety, emotional wellbeing, and ability to learn.
This is true for students with and without status alike. Additionally, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) strictly limits the disclosure of student records and personally identifiable information without parental consent. Despite these federal protections, school districts are struggling to reconcile conflicting messaging as to how they should interact with ICE agents on their campuses, while also trying to manage staff and student concerns.
MALC seeks to ensure that school districts have all information necessary to comply with federal laws and regulations and ensure the safety and wellbeing of immigrant students and their families, as well as school staff and personnel. Given the urgent and sensitive nature of this issue, MALC urges the TEA to issue the following guidance for Texas school districts and school officials:
• Clarify Information Regarding FERPA Obligations.
The TEA should immediately provide explicit direction to school district personnel on protecting student records and ensuring that no student’s personal identifiable information is released to ICE without full compliance with federal privacy laws and due process.
• Set Protocols for ICE Interactions on School Campuses. The TEA should establish standardized procedures for school staff and personnel when confronted with ICE requests or enforcement actions on campus. This protocol should ensure that any law enforcement presence minimizes disruption to the educational setting and learning environment, and prevent unnecessary harm to students.
• Provide Trauma-Informed Support for Students. The TEA should encourage and support expansion of mental health and counseling resources on school campuses to help students cope with the fear and anxiety that ICE presence may cause, as well as repercussions of increased ICE presence in their communities.
Texas has long been committed to providing quality education for all children, regardless of their immigration status. It is imperative that the TEA act swiftly to protect the integrity of our educational institutions and the wellbeing of our students by ensuring that Texas schools are fully informed of their rights and responsibilities when faced with federal immigration enforcement actions.
This issue is of critical importance to ensure that schools remain safe and supportive environments for all students, and maintain the integrity of students' legal and educational rights. We appreciate your time and attention to this matter and look forward to your leadership in addressing this urgent concern and providing necessary guidance to Texas schools. Sincerely,
35 comments:
The illegal immigration issue got out of hand by an absent minded president and his administration. What a lot of people mainly democrats fail or refuse to understand is that illegal immigration is going against federal law. Why have laws if just anyone can break them?
Criminal students get arrested at school all the time.
Like Trump, you mean?
Exactly, agents are not going into schools. Erin knows this I guess she’s doing an outcry and posting to the public. Ice prefers to pick up at jail , sanctuary city’s are not complying. So they pick them up in neighborhoods BUT collateral damage now. If they find more illegals WHO ARE HERE Illegally you just got yourself a FREE ticket back to your country. No if ands or buts. Tom Holman is not fucking around.
This has been going on forever.
Examples of other crimes: Women that live in housing, aka, the projects, and still live with their ex husbands Lonestar people that don't need food stamps
Yes, something needs to be done about it
We are coming for ALL the ILLEGAL COCKROACHES, young and old. The classroom is for AMERICANS and no one else! So little Maria and Jose, you will be taking a trip back to where you fucking came from! Bawhahahaha
I just read that churches were giving sanctuary to illegals and ice could not enter.
NOW, (from cnn) that they are entering churches and schools. Texas legislators voted for no entry in these areas if they are taking refuge (hiding) but apparently trump and Holman said HOLD MY BEER 🍺. They mean business, there are thousands of illegals (every nationality) Being deported all over the U.S. Shit it was over 600 in one area in New York. India said they will take all their people back for fear of their H1B visas. It’s a new day Juan, Trump is the man…
Key word bud, Criminal. Fuck around and find out FAFO.
Ramon, what are you talking about. Trumped up charges (remember your side lost EPIC for the bs) or the case fanni from Georgia that was dropped or in Florida was dropped. Or are you still holding on to ny case who the lead prosecutor bounced out and went back to his country. Enlighten us. MAGA
It was a common sight at schools every where here in browntown and NOBODY complained in the 50's and 60's. NOBODY!!!
SENT MOJADOS BACK TO MEJICO AND WHITE COCKROACHES MOJADOS BACK TO COCKROACH EUROPE
and littel randy and little mary zoo BACK TO COCKROACH EUROPE MAMONES illegal shits...
They don’t need to go in the schools they can catch them at the bridge. No to illegals attending public schools. No to parading the Mexican flag when you are getting a free education and representing the USA. No to anchor babies!!! If they want to live in the US get in line and do it the right PERIOD!
Back in the 50’s and 60’s there were no handout like there is now. The government is at fault for giving all these handouts. There is no incentive for people to work cause it’s easier to get everything free. English was the spoken language especially in schools and if you did not speak English you sank or swan…and everybody swan. We need to get back to being a country of common sense and laws.
Wasn't there a Valley Border Patrolman who actually was an illegal, like in San Bene somewhere. What happened to guy after he was unmasked?
Cosita la Erin
TRUMP may put a bounty on ILLEGAL ALIENS. You can make some money by removing COCKROACHES and sending them back to where the fuck they cam from. THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!!!
Most of those students that cross the bridge every day are American Citizens.
Nah, every president does their job. What happens is that Trump has friends and enemies and both groups are presenting the deportations to control the information. People love to gossip so now everybody is talking about this topic. Before, we would see the illegal aliens crossing the bridge back to Mexico and it was normal, nobody would talk about it nor take videos. Now it is news. Also, now ICE and BP etc are all working hard. We want to see the employers get the fines for hiring illegal aliens.
The government knows where the illegal aliens are. They know their address, their phone numbers etc They will not go into schools because the students are violent and rude and some of them have guns and they get away with all this because they are minors. So ICE and the BP agents will not go into such violent places. The agents get paid good salaries and will not put themselves into dangerous situations.
Actually they are giving discount coupons for beans at the local HEB. mamones y la feria se la clavan
Wouldn't mind seeing Democrat politicians put in jail by the feds for a change.
CNN ! Are you kidding me. Get better news sources.
Stop spreading rumors. This has not happened and will not happen. Rumors and lies that's all they have left. Unless you a felon and illegally here no need to worry. They don't have time to get to you. Including you Montoya you rumor and lie pusher.
there used to be free for all in the restrooms at that time 7 mescans for uno gringo das why gringos used to pee in the lockers. remember???
Hey HOSS...saw your MUGSHOT on Anita’s page...looks like you will be a MORON for life!
I just reported my neighbors to ICE. Pretty soon I will not have to hear his loud car any more or his kids playing in my yard. Thank you ICE!
Time for crooks, bullies, and evil to reign in the USA. Now you can get the property that you always wanted: the neighbor's. Send the ICE people to more homes.
They are going to restaurants, parking lots and down the street when you are driving. Go around the City and see that we are all hiding. Why? One or two bad things in your record and you are gone, back to your country. Even if you have documents but you are around illegal aliens, you will be deported. These are not rumors, these are facts. Have your documents with you (teachers, doctors, nurses, employees, regular workers, retired people) and do not argue with the agents. Better for you to go to work, go home than be detained.
its true you must be a gringo or coco mamon, go look at the bridge and you will see the long lines of mescans wanting to go back to their country. the gringo presidente trumputo a racist republican, is doing all of this illegal shit. He wants a only WHITE United States. LEARN IT LAMBISCONES
where is the visa office so I can pick up my $200 dollars. I have more illegals to report. this is better than the unemployment office no quetions asked my neigborhood will be illegal free
ITS ABOUT TIME!!!
I am going into the real estate business now. Now's the time to make la feria. 200 is 200 sounds good... WE NEED MORE TRUMPUTOS IN OFFICE NOW!!!
sent them all back to their mother country and we'll have - no more loud mufflers, no more burning tires sounds, no more empty beer and cans on the side walk and streetsand backyards, no more babies crying all day and all night, no more diapers everywhere, no more loud music at 1am, no more yelling at the sky, afraid they're gonna burn the house down with their stupid bbq pit, no more shooting at the sky.
ICE sent them all back you are a miracle worker... gracias now I can sleep AT NIGHT!!!!!!!!
flower is on sale at lopez I wonder why?
puro show pinche vieja she knows she's got no say-so que no te pique el!
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