The Trump administration authorized federal authorities to conduct immigration arrests on school campuses, a decision a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said would prevent “criminals” from being able to “hide in America’s schools.”
The policy change, which immigration advocates expected, came a day after the president signed dozens of sweeping executive orders that could alter the educational landscape in the United States if left intact.
After being sworn in, the president swiftly moved to undo broad swaths of his predecessor’s regulatory agenda. He ordered the U.S. Department of Education to revoke troves of guidance that schools have relied on for years to maintain compliance with federal law. Many of the rules he targeted explicitly laid out protections for students vulnerable to discrimination or harassment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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