Civil rights groups slam DeVos for saying schools can report undocumented students
Moriah Balingit for the Wasington Post reports that civil rights groups slammed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for saying earlier this week day that schools can decide whether to report undocumented students to immigration enforcement officials, saying her statements conflict with the law (namely the Supreme Court’s decision in Plyler v. Doe (1982)) and could raise fears among immigrant students. DeVos’s answers came during testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who was at one time undocumented, pressed the secretary for her positions on immigration enforcement.
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