Tucson Unified School District won’t enforce laws governing immigration
The TUSD Governing Board approved a policy Tuesday that maintains the district’s stance of not enforcing immigration laws in the district’s schools.
The 5-0 board vote is in response to the state’s new immigration law.
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It reinforces that TUSD employees are not to enforce immigration laws, nor are they to investigate or report a student or parent’s immigration status.
“A lot of people will say SB 1070 has nothing to do with education, but in reading it there are a lot of implications for various environments,” Grijalva said. “There are a lot of unknowns, and we are trying to clarify.”
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