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Residents and state representative urge Woodburn School Board to adopt enforceable immigration-protection policies
Summary
Multiple public commenters — including classified-staff union representative Carol Kramer, teacher Max Sanchez and State Rep. Leslie Munoz — told the Woodburn School District board the recent rise in ICE activity has caused fear and attendance drops and urged the district to adopt clear, enforceable policies and contingency plans; district staff described existing access and emergency protocols and said written procedures are being shared.
Multiple public commenters at the Woodburn School District board meeting Wednesday urged the board to adopt stronger, enforceable policies to protect students, families and staff from immigration-enforcement disruptions.
Carol Kramer, a special-education instructional assistant at Heritage Elementary and secretary of the Woodburn Classified Employees Union (OSEA Chapter 25), said classified staff across the district are living in constant fear after federal immigration actions in the community. "ICE has already taken individuals from Woodburn, and the constant fear is who's next? It's an existential dread," Kramer told the board during the public-comment period.
Tony Som, a community advocate, thanked the district for starting work on immigrant-safety measures but called on the board to adopt specific, enforceable protections modeled on a proposed "Article 32," which he said would require federal immigration agents to have a…
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