A targeted effort by the Obama administration as the new year opened to remove undocumented families with children has prompted renewed protests from educators and fears in immigrant communities, particularly in Southern California.
Nearly 300 educators nationwide, some lawmakers and the country’s largest teachers unions are condemning the stepped-up enforcement actions that occurred in several states during the first weekend in January.
Among the 121 individuals taken into custody nationwide by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials were children who had crossed the southern border with a parent and who were subject to final orders of removal, according to a Jan. 4 statement from the Department of Homeland Security. Seventy-seven of those taken into custody were deported, the department said, and the efforts will continue.
[For more of this story, written by Mareesa Nicosia, go to http://laschoolreport.com/lausd/]
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