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A federal choose on Friday rejected Denver Public Colleges’ try and reinstate a federal coverage that handled faculties as “delicate areas” the place immigration enforcement ought to solely happen if there may be instant hazard to the general public.
U.S. District Courtroom Choose Daniel D. Domenico mentioned there may be little sensible distinction between the prior coverage, the final iteration of which was issued in 2021 beneath former President Biden, and a pair of memos issued by the Trump administration in January.
“The priority was that there can be no limitations or no protections for faculties, essentially, beneath the brand new memo,” Domenico mentioned in a ruling from the bench. “That’s an overstatement. And the truth that there have been no actions on faculty property within the time for the reason that memo was launched right here, or so far as we all know anyplace else, highlights that reality.”
Neither the previous nor the brand new coverage fully bans immigration enforcement actions at faculties and different delicate areas. The 2021 coverage allowed such actions “both with prior higher-level approval or beneath exigent circumstances.” The brand new steerage from the Trump administration instructs ICE brokers to make use of discretion “and a wholesome dose of frequent sense.”
