Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Immigrant advocates in New Bedford cheered a recent vote by the city’s school committee to establish a “Safe Zone” for immigrant students. On Monday, the school committee passed the resolution, which was first introduced in February. It doesn’t change district policy per se. Rather, it affirms that New […]
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Immigrant parents fear ICE will take action at local schools
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Immigrant support organizations, who wished to remain unnamed due to concerns of being targeted, throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts say they’ve received a large number of calls and messages from parents who are concerned that their children may be apprehended by ICE either at school, or on […]
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Justice Department to require New Bedford schools to provide more support to K’iché students and families
A two-year investigation found that the district had failed to provide equal access to education for students and families who speak K’iché, an indigenous Guatemalan language.
