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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Los padres inmigrantes temen redadas de ICE en escuelas
Click here to read in English. Organizaciones que apoyan a inmigrantes, que deseaban permanecer anónimo por temor de ser atacadas, en Rhode Island y el sureste de Massachusetts dicen que han recibido una avalancha de llamadas y mensajes de padres preocupados de que ICE podira detener a sus hijos, específicamente en la escuela o en […]
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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.
