U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico, a Trump appointee, determined that the district failed to prove that the recent decline in student attendance was caused by the administration reversing a 2021 Biden-era policy that protected schools—and other sensitive locations like churches—from ICE raids.

The U.S. Constitution guarantees a free public education to every child, regardless of immigration status, but a new Trump administration policy gives ICE agents more leeway to target schools, bus stops and other educational facilities.