{"id":5061946,"date":"2025-08-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rilatinonews.com\/?p=5061946"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:00:00","slug":"immigrant-advocates-cheer-new-bedford-school-committees-safe-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/2025\/08\/22\/immigrant-advocates-cheer-new-bedford-school-committees-safe-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant advocates cheer New Bedford school committee\u2019s \u2018safe zone\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immigrant advocates in New Bedford cheered a recent vote by the city\u2019s school committee to establish a \u201cSafe Zone\u201d for immigrant students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, the school committee passed the resolution, which was first introduced in February. It doesn\u2019t change district policy per se. Rather, it affirms that New Bedford Public Schools would follow federal law regarding student privacy and the state\u00a0Attorney General\u2019s guidance\u00a0on dealing with immigration officers. For instance: school officials should check for a judicial warrant when ICE officers want to speak to a student.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cynthia Roy, a member of the New Bedford Coalition to Save our Schools, said several local organizations had been pushing for the resolution\u2019s passage in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/immigration\/new-bedford-immigrant-community-is-on-edge-after-news-of-ice-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wake of ICE raids in New Bedford<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere have been so many&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/immigration\/i-need-to-keep-fighting-how-an-infamous-ice-arrest-changed-the-lives-of-one-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deeply traumatizing experiences<\/a>&nbsp;in New Bedford already that we knew in order for kids to return to school this school year and feel that they are welcome and cared about and safe, that we had to do something,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roy went on to say that the resolution would only be effective if \u201cpeople stick to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it goes back to the organizing, the grassroots organizing, the people-power that it\u2019s going to take to continue to hold New Bedford Public Schools and other leaders accountable,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the full story at The Public&#8217;s Radio<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/south-coast-bureau\/immigrant-advocates-cheer-new-bedford-school-committees-safe-zone\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/south-coast-bureau\/immigrant-advocates-cheer-new-bedford-school-committees-safe-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thepublicsradio.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Photo Credit: <\/strong>Un edificio del departamento escolar en New Bedford.&nbsp;Credit:&nbsp;Ben Berke\/The Public\u2019s Radio<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Publisher\u2019s Note:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Rhode Island Latino News (RILN) amplifies stories that provide greater visibility and voice to local Hispanic-Latinos communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigrant advocates in New Bedford cheered a recent vote by the city\u2019s school committee to establish a \u201cSafe Zone\u201d for 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