Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesAs Trump tightens immigration enforcement, education officials across the country are launching a national resistance movement, declaring their schools “sanctuaries” from Trump’s immigration policies. Statewide, about 60 schools and county education offices have adopted resolutions that safeguard undocumented students. Some sanctuary school policies are symbolic actions to show families schools are own their side, and educate them about their rights. In Oakland, California, schools have new posters — in multiple languages — that proclaim: “Oakland schools are sanctuary schools, you are welcome here.”“Walls speak,” said Nicole Knight, executive director of the district’s English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Office. “I think murder trumps educating a 16-year-old.”That sort of talk, some school officials say, is why sanctuary resolutions are so important.

Source: The Guardian August 21, 2017 09:56 UTC