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FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE/KSEE) – Last month, the Department of Homeland Security announced that national migration officers volition beryllium allowed to apprehension migrants astatine schools - Fresno Unified responded Thursday, encouraging families to prioritize attendance.
In a social media post, the schoolhouse territory said they are "dedicated to providing safe, supportive, and inclusive schools for each students, careless of migration status."
Despite concern, the territory is asking families to prioritize regular schoolhouse attendance to guarantee that students "have entree to the education, resources, and opportunities that volition assistance them thrive."
Clovis Unified besides addressed the contented and released a connection asserting that their schools stay a “welcoming and unafraid situation for students each day.”
According to the California Legislative Office, 46% of California’s 9 cardinal children are portion of migrant families. While the fig of children with undocumented parents has not been released, they admit that deportation fears person an interaction connected schoolhouse attendance.
California assembly bills SB48 and AB49 person been introduced to assistance quell these fears. Although not yet passed, they would assistance forestall national agents from arresting undocumented relatives adjacent schools - but arsenic required by authorities oregon national law.
