Georgia schools and universities ensure immigration changes

“I think the American public would react quite negatively in this context and in the reality in which we live,” said Kuck. “I think the Americans still have a soul and we believe that everyone earns a second chance. So I don't see them.”

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If the local police are up to the campus of a public school in Metro Atlanta, they usually notify the school district officials first. However, it is cloudy whether this type of coordination would happen with ice cream. Some school systems in Atlanta refused to comment on the president's arrangement until they received more instructions.

In a statement, the Atlanta Public Schools said: “We evaluate the effects of these measures on our schools and students. As always, APS will continue his commitment to a safe and inviting learning environment for all of our students.”

David Chastain, chairman of the Cobb County Board of Education, said his district would follow the law, but added that it was too early to comment on what it would mean for the second largest school system of the state.

“We know where a child lives, but we don't know anything about his (immigration) status,” he said. “None of the schools deals with something like this. I understand where the president comes from, but we have to think about what is best for our children at first. These are problems with adults.”

Chastain, a Republican, said that the school authority had not discussed any potential political changes.

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Some colleges refused to comment on Trump's plan on Wednesday. However, the President of Morehouse College, David A. Thomas, said in an interview with the Atlanta Journal Constitution that he was deeply concerned about federal politics.

“If immigration services appeared in Morehouse, we would not cooperate. If you appear and our students, who may not be documented, want to examine and collect, we would not work with this process, or at least I would not authorize that my staff do not work together because I think it is not moral practice. Said Thomas.

Outside of Georgia, school districts in states such as Colorado and Connecticut have given guidelines for unexpected visits to ICE. A message from the headmaster in Bridgeport, Connecticut, describes how schools should react to agents arriving on campus.

“The federal immigration activities are strictly prohibited from Bridgeport Public School's property, transport routes or during school activities without prior approval by the superintendent,” the explanation said. “No ice agents or government officials can take part in school buildings, buses or school events without prior approval.”

A Charter School network in Denver lists the steps and documented families who can protect themselves, including the development of a family standby plan and updating their emergency contact information.

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Kuck said he advises customers to know their rights in a similar way.

“When an ICE agent speaks to you, you have no legal obligation to react to you,” he said. “You have no legal obligation to produce paper. You have no legal obligation to allow you to be in your house without a judge being signed. Even if you are not documented, you will be given any right in your personal life.”

Kuck added that he believes that Trump's command was “more bark than bite”.

Yehimi Cambrón hopes. Her parents moved from Mexico to Atlanta when she was about 8 years old. She completed the Cross Keys High School in Dekalb County. Since undocumented students were banned from participating in some state universities and the tuition fees outside the state had to pay other figures, she received a scholarship for private Agnes Scott College in Decatur and his 2014.

Credit: Photo with the kind permission of Kristin Ferro

Credit: Photo with the kind permission of Kristin Ferro

Through a program of the Obama era called Deferred Action for arrivals in children, Cambrón and hundreds of thousands of others in the United States received temporary relief from deportation. Getting Daca meant that she was able to work legally in the United States and received a driver's license.

She became an art teacher at Cross Keys in 2017, but went a few years later and is now a full -time artist who studies in Chicago. It builds up when she hears statements like that of a spokesman for the homeland protection authority, the undocumented immigrant called “criminals”.

“I just don't know what these people imagine,” she said. “We literally just try to exist and go to school and do ourselves better, and it is as difficult as a educator to convince her students to fight for their future, to have dreams when everything around them says that they don't deserve it.”

Here is what some of the largest school districts in Metro Atlanta say about the Trump government's plan:

Public schools in Atlanta

We evaluate the effects of these measures on our schools and students. As always, APS will continue its commitment to all students, to offer a safe and inviting learning environment.

Dekalb County Superintendent Devon Horton

In view of the latest federal measures, I would like to assure you that the education committee and I continue to commit myself to the security and success of all students in the Dekalb County school district.

In accordance with the Federal Law, DCSD adheres to public training, corresponds to all legal requirements and protects the privacy of the students. The security of the students remains our top priority. For this purpose, I have instructed a team of district leaders to regularly monitor the federal changes and to check all instructions on immigration issues of the federal and state authorities as soon as they are available. This team will also put together resources and collect information to support our schools and families.

We have informed our employees that, when attending their school, the immigration authorities should be addressed to a school administrator immediately, who then turns to the DCSD police authority and should document the visit. As with every visitor that is not authorized, admission beyond the main office and access to students or their information is prohibited without judicial arrangement or more urgent circumstances.

DCSD is committed to ensuring that our schools remain a safe and inviting environment for all students.

Gwinnett County Superintendent Calvin Watts

We understand that the recent national discussions with immigration policy have caused concern and uncertainty for many in our community. Discussions about mass shifts and changes to the regulations for the federal immigration authorities understandably have awakened the fears among some of our students, families and employees. These concerns concern individuals and the general feeling of security and security, which is essential for effective teaching and learning in our schools.

In Gwinnett County's public schools, we continue to promote the promotion of a learning environment in which every student appreciates, respected and supports in a room, which prioritizes his well -being. It is important to understand that the immigration status of a child (or that of your parents) does not affect the right to public training. As always, we focus on offering a safe and inviting learning environment in which every student can thrive.

In GCPS, the security and well -being of our students always have our top priority. While we recognize this variety of perspectives in our community, we are in our responsibility, the dignity, rights and security of each individual student to maintain. We will follow our school security protocols, distribution policy as well as state and state laws and adequately executed judicial orders that clearly define who can be contacted on school on school. We are here to support students and families in every conceivable way, and we encourage you to achieve your child's school office for support at any time.