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State education board issues guidance to schools on Trump immigration actions

The Illinois State Board of Education has issued guidance to schools in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants without legal documentation.

Regardless of students’ immigration status or that of their parents or guardians, all children are entitled to equal access to basic public elementary and secondary education, State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders wrote in his weekly message to schools. That standard has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, even in instances when a student may be undocumented, he added.

“We have both a legal and moral obligation to protect our students’ rights within our buildings,” Sanders said.

Photo details: A mother reads a pamphlet to help her family prepare in the event she is apprehended by immigration authorities on Jan. 19 in Miami. AP Photo/Marta Lavandier