SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — A coalition of school board members and superintendents from Santa Clara County rallied in San Jose Wednesday to oppose the plan to put an ICE detention facility in Gilroy.
“Our school districts cannot determine federal immigration policy, but we can determine what we stand for,” said Tuyen Fiack, the President of the Gilroy School Board. “Our school districts cannot determine federal immigration policy, but we can determine what we stand for,” she said.
The school leaders who came from Palo Alto to Gilroy said there is no doubt putting an ICE facility there will impact children’s education.
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“Children learn when they feel safe. Children learn when their families feel welcomed. Children learn when they know that the adults around them will protect their dignity and their right to an education, and children learn when they believe they belong,” Fiack said…