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Assistant Attorney General urges broad student-privacy protections in House Education hearing on S.227
Summary
Assistant Attorney General Julio Thompson told the House Education Committee on April 7 that S.227’s privacy provisions largely fit within Second Circuit precedent and recommended drafting changes to avoid conflicts with federal statutes cited in the bill (referred to in the transcript as 13 73 and 16 44). He urged broad third‑party nondisclosure protections and clearer coverage of school districts and the Agency of Education.
Julio Thompson, assistant attorney general and co-director of the civil rights unit, testified to the House Education Committee on April 7 that S.227’s aims to limit law-enforcement access to people in school buildings are consistent with established state privacy policy and court precedents in the Second Circuit.
Thompson said the Constitution and federal law make immigration enforcement a federal function and state and local officials are not required to assist federal immigration enforcement absent lawful process. “You cannot commandeer or enlist state and local officials to carry out federal…
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