According to governor Patrick Morrisey, the prisons and prisons in West Virginia, which were suspected against immigration injuries, are liable 58 people who are suspected against immigration injuries.
The detention is part of the procedure of the mass immigration of President Donald Trump.
“I will say that I think what President Trump did is absolutely correct,” said Morrisey, a Republican and convinced supporter of Trump. “I have always talked about the problems of immigration and about how it affects West Virginia.”
A recent Ministry of Homeland Protection Protection memo Authorized agents for immigration and customs authorities at search schools and end a long-term policy to avoid arrests in connection with immigration in schools and churches. The change has prompted the schools in West Virginia to check immigration policy as CHave Hildren in the United States A right to public education Regardless of the immigration status.
“If a situation occurs in which an undocumented student who does not otherwise cause a security concerns due to its immigration status is the goal of ice, it is still their job to protect the rights of this student as long as possible,” Tom Williams,, Superintendent of the county schools, said to the employees in a memo.
Morrisey said in a statement that the department for corrections and rehabilitation in West Virginia on Monday 53 “suspected illegal criminals with immigrants” recorded in his facilities, as was dependent on the US immigration and customs authority and the Federal Bureau of Investigations, while your immigration status is determined. The number rose to 58 on Tuesday afternoon, he said.
Eli Baumwell, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia, said in a statement on Tuesday that the organization of the lawyer was paying attention to the situation.
“The proper procedure lies in the heart of our system of controls,” said Baumwell. “Arrested first and ask questions later raises stern constitutional concerns. We monitor this situation closely and if people have been violated, we will not hesitate to intervene. ”
Morrisey said a number of accused against criminal charges that led to being in prison and in the state prison system. And 13 people can be charged due to violations of the Immigration Act.
“In order to be clear, our numbers may be lower than other countries than others in relation to illegal immigrants from Mexico,” said Morrisey.
Educational managers share the immigration instructions
The Trump administration has authorized ice cream to enter schools, Some school districts in the USA have taken proactive steps with guidelines that have restricted their cooperation with ICE officials.
Morrisey did not answer a question about how he would lead the schools to deal with immigration officers.
Michele Blatt, superintendent of West Virginia Schools, refused to comment on access to public schools, but said a spokesman for the department that they had made them available Instructions at local schools on questions of immigration rights.
The instructions indicated that school districts are planning how they tackle situations in which ICE strives for the implementation of enforcement measures in the school rooms. It also said that ICE agents must have an appropriate authority, including an arrest warrant, which was issued by a federal court judge to enter a school. Federal rules for the privacy of the students severely limit the skills of schools to share a child’s personal data.
The memo was “not intended as a replacement for legal advice from the legal advisor of a school district, and every superintendent was supposed to work with his legal advisor to develop plans,” said Christy Day, Communication Director for Communication in West Virginia, in a statement.
A spokesman for the Kanawha County School, the largest school district of the state, said that the schools are no longer regarded as off-limits, who must legally enter a school.
“You must have a valid federal command that describes what you do at school, what you request,”, said Chris Williams, communications director of KCS..
KCS told his educators that the obligation of the district was Creating a secure environment for students, “and raising students without papers that we are legally obliged to raise it is not a security concern in and of themselves.”
“Please remember that you do not know the immigration status of every student in your building or that of your parents or legal guardians. So make sure that you provide information that, based on the preferred ideas about what a immigrant can look illegal here, can appear harmless or sounds like, ”wrote Tom Williams in instructions for district schools.
Other school districts that were contacted for this story refer to the WVDE instructions for immigration in West Virginia Watch.
The migration policy institute Estimates 733,000 children in school age live without legal status in the USA.
Morrisey said more information about immigration would be published on Thursday.
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