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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell

Immigration agents turned away after trying to enter LA elementary schools

Man in suit speaks in classroom with hand gestured
Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles unified school district superintendent, said: ‘Schools are not places of fear’. Photograph: Sarah Reingewirtz/AP

Immigration officials attempted to enter two Los Angeles elementary schools this week, but were turned away by school administrators. The incident appears to be the Trump administration’s first attempt to enter the city’s public schools since amending regulations to allow immigration agents to enter “sensitive areas” such as schools.

At a Thursday press conference, the Los Angeles unified school district superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, confirmed that agents from the Department of Homeland Security were seeking five students in first through sixth grades.

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