UCLA Civil Rights Project, Migration Policy Institute

and The Wilson Center

present

The Impact of Immigration Enforcement Policies

On Teaching and Learning in America’s Public Schools

There has been considerable discussion in news outlets about the impact of immigration enforcement policies on children and families. Recent incidents across the country and reported in the press have raised alarm throughout immigrant communities. Clearly there is great fear in this hyper-sensitized environment. To what extent is this ramped up immigration enforcement impacting our nation’s public schools? How does it vary by region and what is the “collateral” fallout for non-immigrant students? How are educators reacting and to what extent is this affecting them? What rights do students have and what happens to U.S.-citizen children when they are sent to a country and school system they do not know? To address these questions, four new research papers will be presented with brief highlights. There will be ample time for Q&A and discussion. The studies include:

• A new national survey of the impact of immigration enforcement on teaching and learning in the nation’s schools
• The impact of immigration enforcement on educators
• Federal and state policy affecting the children of immigrants and their schooling
• What happens to US citizen students caught up in deportation of family members

AGENDA

12:00   Introduction: Christopher Wilson, Wilson Center/Mexico Institute

12:03   Moderator: Claudio Sanchez, National Public Radio

Presentions (7 minutes each):

12:07   Patricia Gándara, Civil Rights Project, UCLA 

“U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy & Its Impact on Teaching and Learning in the Nation’s Schools”

12:15   Shena Sanchez, University of California-Los Angeles 

“Stressed, Overworked, and Not Sure Whom to Trust: The Impacts of Recent Immigration Enforcement on our Public School Educators”

12:23   Julie Sugarman, Migration Policy Institute 

“From Plyler to Sanctuary: Education Policies Promoting a Welcoming and Safe Environment for Immigrant Families”

12:31   Bryant Jensen, Brigham Young University 

“When Families are Deported: Schooling for US-Citizen Students in Mexico”

12:39   Commentary: Lily Eskelsen Garcia, National Education Association

12:47   Q&A led by Moderator Claudio Sanchez

1:27     Program Wrap-up

See the archived webcast and more details.