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Community speakers urge Alachua school board to require judicial warrants before ICE interviews or removals
Summary
Dozens of parents, teachers and attorneys told the School Board of Alachua County on Feb. 18 they fear district guidance allowing immigration enforcement access to students without a judicial warrant and urged the board to adopt a warrant requirement and immediate staff training.
Dozens of parents, teachers and community members told the School Board of Alachua County on Feb. 18 that district guidance allowing immigration enforcement to interview or remove students without presenting a judicial warrant is causing fear, absenteeism and trauma for students.
"There is no such thing as other people's children," said Michelle Noll, a parent, describing how her 10-year-old daughter returned from school asking, "What is ICE?" and then cried nightly for a week out of fear. "I am here tonight to ask our superintendent and school board what would be our next steps to train our teachers and make sure school administrators know what to do to protect our students physically and emotionally," she said.
Speakers described children who are frightened to attend school, teachers who are unsure how to respond when an officer requests a…
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