By Prime Path Immigration Law Firm Limited USA, on Immigration Updates
Labor unions representing millions of educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown, saying arrests near school campuses are terrorizing children and their teachers, leading some students to drop out. The lawsuit, filed by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, challenges the administration's decision to allow immigration arrests at schools, which had been considered off-limits for nearly three decades under previous "sensitive locations" policies. The educators argue that this policy change violates federal law and cite specific incidents, including one at an Oregon preschool where masked agents broke a car window and dragged a student's father from his car in the school parking lot, forcing the facility into lockdown.
The lawsuit documents numerous instances of enforcement actions affecting educational environments and their communities. Teachers report increased anxiety and decreased participation and attendance from students who are either immigrants or children of immigrants, with some high school teachers in Pennsylvania and Virginia noting that students stopped showing up in the spring, fearful of arrest on campus. The legal challenge also extends to houses of worship, as church leaders describe similar drops in attendance due to fear. The plaintiffs argue that Trump's decision to rescind the sensitive-locations memo violates the Administrative Procedure Act and, in the case of churches, infringes upon First Amendment rights by making parishioners too fearful to attend services.
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Reference
Teachers Sue Over Trump's Immigration Crackdown, Saying Students Are Staying Home, ASSOCIATED PRESS (Sept. 10, 2025), https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/teachers-sue-over-trumps-immigration-135119294.html.
