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Students urge East Ramapo to adopt policy shielding immigrant students from ICE
Summary
Several Ramapo and Spring Valley high school students delivered public comments urging the East Ramapo Central School District to adopt a model policy protecting students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement on school grounds; interim superintendent said administrators have been trained and the district will explore a formal policy.
Student speakers at the East Ramapo Central School District's March 10 board meeting urged trustees to adopt a formal policy to protect immigrant students from enforcement actions on campus.
"Protecting our schools from ICE enforcement, ensuring that students can focus on their education without fear and anxiety" was the core appeal from Emily Segarra, a Ramapo High School senior, who said she and classmates wanted schools to be places of "shelter, dignity, and compassion." Jaylene Kihela Palma, another Ramapo senior and a leader in a teen activist project, told the board parents and students are afraid to leave home and urged the…
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