GOP Education Official Says He Would Allow ICE Into Public Schools
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma state superintendent of schools, on Thursday said he would not rule out letting Immigration and Customs Enforcement conduct operations in public schools. “No, if that’s what President Trump sees fit, as there’s an illegal immigrant population there that needs to have enforcement there to remove them from the schools, absolutely,” he said. “We will work with him to make sure he’s able to carry that out.” Earlier this week, the Trump administration rolled back a policy that kept ICE agents from conducting raids in sensitive areas like schools, hospitals and churches. In December, after Tom Homan, who served as Trump’s ICE director during his first term and is now the president’s border “czar,” reportedly made comments about the administration ending the practice of refraining from conducting operations in sensitive areas, several administrators announced that their districts would not work with immigration officials and made efforts to remind families of their rights.
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