Posted on 04/27/2016 7:45:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Two words dominated the conversation at ED's Tea with Teachers last week on the topic of supporting undocumented students: fear and hope. Educators balanced their concerns for their undocumented and mixed-status students, while acknowledging the hope that they ultimately deserve. During the tea, I couldn't help but think of the student from my school district, who was sitting in a jail cell rather than a classroom, feeling those same emotions.
Wildin David Guillen Acosta was taken from his front yard on his way to his Durham, N.C., school in January, while his mother watched helplessly from their home. He would later join nine other students from North Carolina and Georgia whose parents and classmates also witnessed their arrests from bus stops, homes, and neighborhoods. While The Department of Homeland Security has designated schools with sanctuary status, teachers across the Southeast are arguing that ICE raids are threatening our students' daily lives as their justifiable anxieties are occupying what could otherwise be devoted to their academic pursuits.
Teachers nodded in unison as we heard testimonials of students and family members who were taken from us by ICE or who suffer from PTSD from the threats that ICE raids pose. We questioned how we can engage our biggest allies, our students' families, when schools serve as an intimidating environment. As Cesar Moreno Perez of the American Federation of Teachers stated at the tea, ICE raids are, "eroding the hope that educators worked so hard to build" in immigrant communities across our nation.
The threat of deportations is just the beginning of an undocumented student's concerns. Teachers shared frustration with the barriers that are created as a result of misinformation, particularly post-secondary financial barriers. Secretary King acknowledged that some states are more committed to supporting our undocumented students' collegiate goals, and this is certainly the case for me, as I noted that my former students in Colorado attend college with in-state tuition, while my current students in North Carolina have found limited options when searching for scholarships and financial aid.
Most notably, it is not just students who are vulnerable to the instability of our complex immigration system. A teacher with DACA status spoke of the important role that DACA qualifying teachers can play in inspiring students, yet this important role remains unstable as we wait for the results of the most recent Supreme Court case and next election. Since DACA is an executive order, the next President could remove it, making this teacher and others like her ineligible to do exactly what they feel called to do - show their own undocumented students that their dream career is within reach.
I left this tea once again with Wildin on my mind and an inbox full of resources from other teachers. It's always inspiring to meet teacher leaders from across the country, and in this case, I feel more supported knowing they're committed to empowering our students in the face of the barriers imposed on them.
Good, let her pay for them too.
Shove it, puny liberal.
You want it, you pay for it.
I second headstamp.
Did I miss the explanation of why the students were arrested? Id they arrested the dude while his mother watched it was not for being illegal.
Does ANYONE really believe that teachers across the United States want more disruptive students who cannot speak English in their classrooms?
Oh, how her testimonial in favor of illegals renders my po little heart. Too bad the witch (don’t want to insult female dogs) doesn’t have the same concern for Americans who’ve been robbed and murdered by illegals and for Americans whose identities, votes and country are being stolen by illegals and DenonCraps.
Money for supplies is tight enough in the classrooms - let’s just add more kids speaking different languages and dialects and take more money away from the taxpayer’s children.
Let’s start by reducing those teacher’s salaries to make up the shortfall.
If you want to teach them GO to their country and teach them. We’re paying you to teach OUR kids. Every minute you spend with these ESL kids you are robbing us and our children of the education WE PAY FOR.
Affirmation and approval of what is a violation of the law. The opening of Pandora’s Box and subsequent anarchy.
OK, Ms. Alice Dominguez...Are you talking about students who have yet to fill out registration forms for your school (undocumented)???
Or are you talking about people that have broken our laws and slipped into our country ILLEGALLY from another country and brought kids with them who are ALSO considered ILLEGAL???
Which is it, Ms. Alice Dominguez???????
The Left has taken over our lexicon with their politically correct euphemisms. Apparently, people who break our laws are no longer criminals. They are undocumented potential American citizens. They are afforded all the rights of actual citizens and given the generosity of our safety nets. One person who has broken the laws of our country is even running for President. And she may win.
Let us take back our language.....call things as they really are.....and stop changing the meaning of words to suit the Left’s manipulations. Words used to be afforded integrity of meaning. Now words can mean anything the Left wants. This is suicide for our nation as it was founded. Words and Laws should have strength again, God willing.
instability of our complex immigration system.”
Because we Refuse to enforce Current Law, Criminal Invaders feel entitled to stay here. This talk of ENFORCING THE LAW makes them feel bad.
Go Trump, let the Deportations Begin!
They aren’t undocumented.
They are illegal aliens.
I’d bet that most of them have plenty of documentation.
And it all shows that they are lawbreakers here illegally.
Deport them.
Once they are back in their own country they won’t have to live in fear as criminals.
Maybe these LIB asshats (who are paid too much by the taxpayers for their 8 months “work” each year) should pay for these illegal aliens themselves. Seize the assets of these illegals, arrest their criminal families and deport them all.
I guess I didn’t get the right message from this pablum from the Ministry of Truth. Maybe we should arrest these teachers as participants in a criminal conspiracy to shelter illegal aliens and destroy America instead.
I wonder how teachers like Alice Dominguez feel about the pledge of allegience.
We must end the threat of deportations......by deporting. Quickly!
I’m so sick and tired of hearing this PC crap “UNDOCUMENTED”!!!!!
They are ILLEGAL!!!!! They BROKE our laws!!!!!
Get it????????
Another Affirmative Action Jackson “educator” with a political agenda
Pay for it yourself
Relocate them in your own hood
Get rid of these damn people
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