Maria, Tamara’s mother how much her daughter is already very aware to bring her identification document and with the fear that they will reach her school and deport her “because she was born in Mexico.”
“I explained that they were born in Mexico, but they have American nationality for me. I told them that they are Mexico American, but I still see them with fear, ”Maria tells Political expansion.
Maria’s children are not the only minors with this alarm in New York, because in schools there is fear in parents and children that they can be deported by hardening in the immigration policy of President Donald Trump.
On January 21, the interim secretary of the Department of National Security, Benjamine Huffman, eliminated the guidelines of the former president, Joe Biden, who limited federal arrests of undocumented immigrants near “sensitive” areas, as schools, hospitals and churches, as part of Trump’s plan to stop migration and make mass deportations.
School launch protection
Given the mass deportations, the Tamara school put together a plan to protect minors who are undocumented migrants.
According to a letter sent by the institution, School authorities promised to take care of their families in the face of the possibility of being deported.
DR SCHOOL. Richard Izquierdo, located in New York, said they will not allow access to any migration authority and distributed cards that call to know their rights as migrants.
“We are here for all our students and families regardless of their citizenship. Our commitment is our school community, which includes everyone, and we are together to our families ready to protect our children’s right to education, ”said the institution’s director, Lidsay Malanga, in the letter he sent to the parents of family.
It is not the only school of some sanctuary cities in the United States that already prepares actions to defend migrant children and their family before possible raids and separation of families.
On January 24, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) also sent a letter to their community to ensure that they will not cooperate with migration agents for people arrest that do not have the papers to live in the United States.
And they clarified that, in the event that the Immigration and Customs Control Agent (ICE) arrive with a criminal court order signed by a federal judgeschools already have lawyers that will make available to the community to defend them.
“We simply want them to send their children to school every day with the confidence that we will protect them and take care of them.”
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL LETTER
The above is due to the fact that a few days ago agents of the Secret Service arrived at the Hamline Primary School, which belongs to this network of public schools; However, the authorities believed that they were immigration agents and prohibited them from entering, which caused alarm between the community, since in this institution, 92% are children who belong to Hispanic families.
“I want families to know that our district, city and state are completely aligned on this issue. There are laws and policies, including the Illinois Confidence Law and the Chicago Cozy Cities Ordinance, which are in force to protect our children, regardless of the changes that are made at the federal level, ”indicates in the statement of the Schools
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New York and Chicago They are part of the 180 cities considered “sanctuary” in the United Stateswhere not only does migrants not pursue without documents, but many of them have Saud programs and schools to which they can access. In addition, its determination not to collaborate with the immigration authority.
However, this Thursday the government of Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago for opposing the immigration laws. Given this, Mayor Brandon Johnson has declared that he will defend and protect the working people of his city.
Know your rights in English and Spanish
The schools not only made available to the lawyers community, too They teach workshops in English and Spanish in terms of immigration, where they explain to parents what their rights are to live in the United States, how to act before an immigration agent and what are the legal resources they have to defend themselves against possible detention.
“Unique us in an important workshop that will help you understand your legal rights and protections as an immigrant in the United States. Your rights to interact, legal resources available for you and what to do if you are detained or face deportation, ”is mentioned on the workshop card published in the CPS.
