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Denver’s public school system sues Trump administration over Ice access to schools

a flag hangs inside a classroom as children study.
Students study at the Newlon elementary school in Denver on 25 August 2020. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

The Denver public school system (DPS) on Wednesday became the first US school district to sue the Trump administration over its policy of allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in schools.

Colorado’s largest public school district argues in the federal lawsuit that the policy has forced schools to divert vital educational resources and caused attendance to plummet.

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