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Hosted by the National Education Association webinar on Wednesday encouraging teachers to oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration reform, saying their goal is to make students who are in the country illegally “feel less afraid.”
“There are laws in place right now that prohibit immigration agents from entering school grounds, and that’s why various people in the Trump administration would like to repeal that,” said Jennifer Berkshire, author of Education Wars.
Trump said he would focus on targeted deportation of violent criminals who came to the country illegally, including apprehending terrorists and cartels first.
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Rebecca S. Pringle, president of the National Education Association, speaks on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Seegar)
“Teachers, including beginning teachers, have a real role to play in talking to these groups and finding out … what we can do in the school space to try to make these kids feel less afraid,” Berkshire said. .
She also named Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction, who said in September that he wanted to place a Bible in every school in his state.
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“The reality is, whether it’s banning books or extremist candidates for the school or the school board or someone like Ryan Walters who, you know, insists that teachers teach from the Bible or lose their certification, uh , more and more, it’s really like a circus,” Berkshire said.
The National Education Association is an organization with over 3 million members. Their president, Rebecca S. Pringle, my formerly named the trump administration is “tyrannical, lying and corrupt”.
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters in an interview with CNN anchor Pamela Brown about using the Bible in schools. (CNN screenshot)
Chelsea Acosta, chair of the NEA’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee and a board director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said she is “concerned” for her community.
“When I started … with the ACLU, that’s how Trump got into his first term, so it’s a little bittersweet that … here we are in his second term,” Acosta said. “I didn’t think we would … be here, but here we are, and I think a lot of us are concerned about our communities and our students.”
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The webinar was opened by Caitlin Ehlers, a member of the NEA’s Program for Ambitious Educators and board director of the Washington Student Education Association, who thanked the earth.
“We begin by recognizing that we are meeting on the traditional lands of many indigenous peoples, the land on which the participants of this call live and work. I am speaking to all of you from the traditional lands of the Duwamish Nation governed by the Show Elliott Treaty,” Ehlers said.
“We honor the first people of this land and all their elders, past, present and new, and we are called to learn and share what we have learned about tribal history, culture and contributions that have been silenced in the narrative of America.”
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. (Trump-Vance Transition Team)
