Fresno Unified substitute caught on recording asking students about immigration status

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Audio of a Fresno Unified School District substitute teacher speaking to a schoolroom of precocious schoolhouse students Wednesday is causing a stir.

In the societal media posts, the teacher, who the schoolhouse territory has not identified, is heard criticizing U.S. Immigration policy, asking students however agelong they person been surviving successful the country, and polling the students to spot who had been successful the U.S. the slightest magnitude of time.

According to Fresno Unified, the substitute besides asked students astir their migration presumption and nonmigratory cards, which they called "inappropriate and unacceptable."

Roosevelt High, wherever this incidental allegedly took place, has a colonisation of much than 82% Hispanic oregon Latino students, which is the highest percent of immoderate precocious schoolhouse successful the district.

A mother, whose lad attends Roosevelt, said this isn't the archetypal clip this teacher has made these types of comments.

She asked to talk anonymously due to the fact that her lad is inactive a pupil astatine the school.

"He was teaching and talking astir Mexicans and abruptly my lad took retired his telephone a small spot to ticker the timing," said the mother.

"And that's erstwhile helium said intelligibly Mexicans are similar criminals, precisely similar my son, helium named him."

She says she sends her kids to schoolhouse hoping they're successful a harmless situation and adjacent though she's disturbed by the statements she encouraged her lad to instrumentality the precocious road.

"Just locomotion away, conscionable locomotion away, it's not worthy it, it's not worthy it. And helium had told maine you're close Mom, I'll try, but conscionable retrieve I person feelings."

She said it was disheartening to spot this hap again aft she addressed it with the schoolhouse past year.

She's hopeful this audio of the latest incidental volition propulsion the territory to support the substitute retired of the classroom.

Fresno Unified released a connection that said:

"Questioning students astir their migration presumption is not aligned with our district's values oregon policies, and we privation to beryllium wide this is not acceptable successful immoderate of our classrooms."

That argumentation has been reiterated respective times precocious successful societal media posts.

"It is important that you cognize we volition ne'er inquire for migration accusation astir your pupil oregon your family."

This audio comes arsenic tensions are precocious crossed the state regarding the Trump administration's migration policies.

Friday afternoon, Fresno Unified students took portion successful a walk-out successful protest, a ample radical extracurricular of Duncan Polytech High School could beryllium seen holding flags and posters.

Fresno Unified School District released a connection saying they notified parents, their information team, and the Fresno constabulary department.

The territory said respective administrators were retired with the students to guarantee their information during the protest.

Action News reached retired to the substitute but has not heard back.

The schoolhouse territory said HR is handling the concern but has not said if the substitute is inactive employed by the district.

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