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Public commenter urges Dover Area SD to bar ICE from entering schools without a warrant

Dover Area School District · January 14, 2026

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During the public comment period, Dalia Caldwell urged the school board to adopt a policy preventing ICE from entering schools without a warrant and cited claims about thousands of children in detention. The board asked if the comment was germane; no policy change or vote followed.

A community member, Dalia Caldwell, used the public comment period to ask the Dover Area School District to adopt a policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from entering district schools to detain children without a warrant.

Caldwell said that roughly 3,800 children are in ICE detention centers and alleged that at least 400 of those children are being detained "illegally" because of overstays or psychological issues; she also asserted some detained children are citizens or otherwise documented. She urged the board to "not welcome ICE to have a set up a policy that ICE does not come in without a warrant for a specific child."

The chair asked whether the comment was germane to district business; Caldwell said it was and offered to follow up by email. The board took no action and did not adopt a policy during the meeting.