Background

How are public schools and teachers being affected by the Trump administration’s immigration policies? What can public schools do to protect their students? What can we do to ensure that our schools are safe spaces for all students?

This interdisciplinary panel addresses such questions by drawing on two national studies, one coauthored by Professor Patricia Gándara and the other by Professor John Rogers. They will be joined by Michael Newman, California Department of Justice, Civil Rights Enforcement Section, and Thomas Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The panelists also examine the impact of the Trump administration’s policies and political rhetoric on the experience of immigrant youth and the children of immigrant parents in U.S. public schools.

Resources

See the working paper, U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning in the Nation’s Schools, by Patricia Gándara & Jongyeon Ee.

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Event Recording

Program

12:15-12:17    Welcome by Rachel Moran, Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law & Dean Emerita, UCLA School of Law

12:18-12:23    Video

12:24-12:26    Introductions by Rachel Moran

12:27-12:35    Patricia Gándara, Research Professor of Education & Co-director, UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles

“The impact of immigration enforcement on the public schools” (8 minutes)

 12:36-12:44    John Rogers, Professor of Education, UCLA

“Responses of U.S. high school principals to students and immigrant families in the Age of Trump” (8 minutes)

12:45-12:55      Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (10 minutes)

12:56-1:06      Michael Newman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Civil Rights Enforcement Section (10 minutes)

1:07-1:27        Q & A (20 minutes)

1:28-1:30        Wrap-up by Rachel Moran