Denver First To Sue Over ICE Raids At Public Schools

Law & Crime reports:

The Denver Public Schools district has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging a new policy that it says gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “virtually unchecked authority” to enforce immigration laws in “formerly protected areas,” including schools. The suit marks the first time a district has sued over ICE’s feared enforcement of students, with DPS officials fighting to uphold a “bedrock principle” that it says schools have to educate kids “regardless of their immigration status.”

“Since the announcement of the 2025 Policy, school attendance has decreased noticeably across all DPS schools, particularly those schools in areas with new-to-country families and where ICE raids have already occurred,” the district’s complaint says. “DPS is hindered in fulfilling its mission of providing education and life services to the students who are refraining from attending DPS schools for fear of immigration enforcement actions occurring on DPS school grounds.”

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Denver Public Schools became the first U.S. school district Wednesday to sue the Trump administration challenging its policy allowing ICE immigration agents in schools.

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