Denver Public Faculties this week dropped its lawsuit in opposition to the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety, which the district sued earlier this yr to forestall immigration arrests from occurring in class buildings.
DPS sued Homeland Safety in February in an effort to drive the federal authorities to reinstate a coverage that largely prevented immigration enforcement at faculties and different “delicate areas,” similar to church buildings and hospitals.
A federal choose in March declined DPS’s request for a preliminary injunction to dam brokers from college property, saying the district didn’t present that impacts to its faculties may very well be linked to adjustments to Homeland Safety’s delicate areas coverage slightly than broader issues in regards to the rise in immigration enforcement below the brand new Trump administration.
DPS had argued that the federal government’s coverage change instilled concern in lecturers and college students.
DPS introduced the district’s determination to dismiss the lawsuit Tuesday afternoon, saying in a information launch that the lawsuit’s declare was moot on condition that the federal authorities has each printed a brand new delicate areas coverage and “admitted that the coverage had not been basically modified from the earlier model.”
“This was one other vital victory for DPS and faculty districts nationwide, because the Division of Homeland Safety admitted in federal court docket that the coverage had not been modified in a significant approach and that faculties remained protected as delicate areas,” the district stated in an announcement. “This truth was not beforehand recognized.”
DPS stated the lawsuit was dismissed with out prejudice, that means that the district can refile it if federal immigration brokers go onto college property.
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