We're so proud of the students organizing and participating in today's anti-ICE walkouts.
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ICE on Brevard's school campuses: Here's how staff is told to respond
Historically, students around the country didn't have to think about potentially being pulled out of class to be questioned and possibly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. But that changed a little more than a year ago, with President Donald Trump rescinding a 2011 policy preventing these activities from taking place at sensitive locations. Now, ICE agents can legally enter school campuses. Students can be removed from class for questioning. They may be arrested.
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ICE actions impact Brevard life, classrooms to churches to workplaces
It was supposed to be a normal Monday, one spent teaching English to students learning to call the Space Coast home. Instead, a Brevard teacher returned to her classroom on Jan. 26 to find her students beside themselves, and she soon discovered why: A former classmate, one who dropped out only a few months prior so he could work, had been picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend during a traffic stop. By Monday, he had already been taken to a Miami detention center.
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Brevard high schoolers defy warnings, hold protests against ICE actions
Immigrants, we make this country great. We've contributed so much to this country, and we believe in our constitutional rights, we believe in our due process rights, we believe in our God-given rights most importantly," he said. "I would rather get suspended than let what happened to Renee Good and Alex Pretti happen again.
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ICE protest walkouts will be disciplined. Brevard students to walk out
A day after Brevard's school board chair and superintendent warned that students who participated in walkouts against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions would be punished, Florida's education commissioner sent out guidance on handling the issue.
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Debate over ICE walkouts escalates to threatening phone call, school board chair says
A planned student protest at three Brevard County high schools has prompted a sheriff’s investigation after the school board chairman reported receiving a threatening voicemail, authorities said.
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Brevard students could face punishment for walkouts
The stakes have increased for Brevard County students planning to take part in a planned ICE walkout protest Friday after School Board Chair Matt Susin warned punishment could include expulsion for anyone who participates.
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Officials warn Brevard students face discipline for on-campus protests
In an email sent Monday, Feb. 2, Brevard Public Schools Superintendent Mark Rendell and Brevard School Board Chair Matt Susin warned families that students would be punished if they participated in any on-campus protests during the school day.