Boston school superintendent resigns one day after lawsuit claims school system shared student immigration info with ICE
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The superintendent of Boston Public Schools has resigned amid a lawsuit over allegations the district handed over student information to immigration law enforcement.
Superintendent Tommy Chang confirmed Friday to The Boston Globe that he was stepping down after three years with the district, but declined to say the reason for his resignation.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh (D) said he was dissatisfied with Chang’s leadership, according to the Globe, saying the district needs “a long-term education leader with a proven record in management who can gain the confidence of the community on the strategic vision for the district.”
Multiple civil rights groups sued the Boston Public Schools on Thursday after the school district declined repeatedly to say how often they provide student information to immigration authorities, according to The Associated Press .
The lawsuit accused the Boston system of having a “school to deportation pipeline.”
Chang denied that the school shared student information.
Federal law bars school systems from asking students about their immigration status, and Chang has maintained that the district would never share that information unless required by a court order, according to the Globe .
The groups, which includes the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, filed the lawsuit after a student was deported from East Boston High School. Federal deportation proceedings for the student included information from a school incident report about a confrontation the student had with a classmate.
The lawsuit alleges that school officials suggested without evidence that student was involved in a gang, and handed that information to law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
The student, who came to the U.S. from El Salvador in 2014 and whose green card was pending at the time of his arrest, was in custody for nearly a year and a half before deportation, the lawsuit claims.
Federal authorities have pointed to the high school as a recruiting spot for the MS-13 gang.
The school repeatedly rejected requests from the groups in the lawsuit to provide more information about the Boston Public School’s sharing of information with ICE and other law enforcement, saying that they did not have the data available.
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So, Let me get this straight.....This illegal immigrant student (Green card pending) had a confrontation (A FIGHT) with another student and East Boston High is now a recruiting point for the MS-13 gang and this progressive legal organization is only concerned about the student from El Salvador!
Chang denied that the school shared student information.
Has there been any evidence that the school did share information?
If so, how was such information obtained?
For people that want smaller government, I am surprised that you all are fine with this. They are also having roadblocks and stopping and checking people in New England.
Show me your papers...
They can check for inspection stickers, seatbelts, DWI or any other violation that can be found
Fine with what?
They are also having roadblocks and stopping and checking people in New England.
Show me your papers...
Where?
The story from 2017 claims that NH set up the road blocks twice.
Evidently the roadblocks produced results:
"In what was the first such action in New Hampshire since July 2012, that checkpoint resulted in the arrest of 25 illegal aliens and of 46 other people, most of whom were from New England and charged with drug violations."
Sorry, but I don't think the government should be acting like a police force.
A dangerous road to go down.
When this country is being invaded (with inside help) such measures will become more necessary.
Law shouldn't be enforced?
The Supreme Court ruled they are constitutional. Only limited use is allowed. They are not putting up roadblocks nilly willy as some would like to convey.
I don't see any difference than having to show ID at checkpoints to travel on a plane.
Good point
Liberty gets stripped away with the blessing from the populace.
They are allowed to use them within 100 miles from any border.
Just because they can does not mean they should or that is is correct.
It just seems that the people that scream for freedom the most are now willing to give away some freedom just because some people jumped a border.
Get rid of speed radar too
Police are hired by local municipalities. Then there are state troopers. Not run by the federal government.
Well I believe there is more to it than just jumping a border. Border jumping brings a lot of problems to the US. The same as terrorists and drug runners on planes, domestic and international flights.
We allow people to be searched and property to be seized and searched by the government, demand papers to be shown and checked (licenses and passports) and scrutinized, before traveling on an airplane.
Roadblocks are minimal compared to the invasion of our bodies and property by the US government to just board a plane.
and they enforced the former 55mph speed limit required by the federal government
I...can't...drive...55!!
What liberty do illegals have to wander around the country, taking jobs and forming gangs?
How is that different from asking for driver's license and registration
How much more evidence do you need that the left cares more about thugs, illegals and gang bangers than they do about actual citizens? Let me guess.... after the illegals have turned their area in Boston into a slum all those good progressives will rapidly move somewhere else and start spreading their sickness there.