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Committee defers measure on protecting students from immigration enforcement after testimony and questions
Summary
Lawmakers deferred HCR 183 after testimony from the Board of Education, DOE, public-health groups and immigrant-rights advocates; members raised unanswered definitional and enforcement questions and clarified a widely reported Konawaena incident occurred off campus and the student was not deported.
The House Committee on Education deferred HCR 183 on April 7 after receiving testimony from the Board of Education, the Department of Education, public-health groups and immigrant-rights educators and raising outstanding questions about definitions and enforcement mechanisms.
Cap Poy, speaking on behalf of the Board of Education, said the board supported the resolution and noted it had passed a similar resolution the previous year. Jesse Souki, Deputy Superintendent of Operations for DOE, offered…
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