Republican Senator Warns Noem to Keep ICE Center Out of His State
The complaint, filed by the Fridley and Duluth districts and the state teachers union, Education Minnesota, claims officers “conducted enforcement operations in or near schools and school buses, and arrested underage students.”
It also refers to a month of January incident in which Border Patrol agents pepper sprayed, tackled and handcuffed people on the grounds of Minneapolis’ Roosevelt High School, just hours after ICE agents fatally shot Renee Nicole Good. “This conduct has directly harmed the regular operations of school districts and teachers, as well as the students they serve,” he said. read.
“Right now, students are afraid to come to school. Parents are afraid to drop them off. Staff are coming to work wondering if today will be the day something happens in one of our buildings,” Fridley Superintendent Brenda Lewis said Tuesday. “We’re seeing impacts on attendance. Families are choosing virtual learning, not because it’s best for their child, but because fear has taken over, and that fear is not being seen…It’s a justified fear.”
