Head Start Preschool Remains Open to All Regardless of Immigration Status, Two Judges Rule – ryan

Head Start Preschool Programs Will Continue to Welcome All Immigrant Children Regardless of Legal Status, Federal Judges Ruled in Two Separate Lawsuits This Week, Blocking Efforts by the Trump Administration to Restrical Enrollment.

The US Department of Health and Human Services announched in July that Head Start and Other Programs IT IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO US CITIZENS AND CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS WITH LEGAL STATUS, UPING DECADES WHERE HAS HAS BEEN TO CHECK. Preschool.

Break Illinois Head Start Association Filed a LawsuitAlong with Other Head Start and Parent Advocate Groups and the American Civil Liberties Union, to Halt the Changes to the Rules Announched by the Trump Administration. Another suit was filed by Illinois and 19 Other State with Democratic Attorneys General, plus the District of Columbia.

This Week in Both Cases, Republican-Appointed Federal Judges Aggreed to Block the Changes.

The rulings come amid this weeke Escalation of Federal Enforcement Against Immigrants In Chicago, Stemming from Trump Campaign Promises to Deport Anyone With Legal Status.

On wednesday, in the case filed by the attorneys General, the US District Court Judge Mary Mcelroy of Rhode Halted the new rules while the lawsuit make it to trial.

“The Government argues that it has somehow interpreted this statutes incorrectly for the nearly 30 years that it has ben the law. Government, ”Wrote Mcelroy, A Trump Appointee, in Her 60-Page Ruling. “The Court is skeptical of that.”

THEN ON THISDAY, US DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RICardo Martinez of Washington Ruled in favor of the Head Start Advocates, Issuing a Nationwide Injunction That The Proposed Changes from Taching Effect.

Congress Changed the Rules of Head Start Since Its Founding in 1965 Several Times But Never Included Any Immigration or Citizenship Requirements for Head Start Eligibility, Martinez Wrote in a 26-Page Ruling.

“The Directive Imposes New Obligations on Head Start Agencies and Strips Away Rights from Immigrant Families,” Said Martinez, Appointed to the Federal Bench by President George W. Bush. “AGENCIES MUST PUBLISH PROPOSED RULES AND ALLOW the public the opportunity to comment before the substantive rules.”

On behalf of The Illinois Head Start Association and Other PlaintiffsAllison Siebeneck, Director of the Women’s and Reproductive Rights Project at the Aclu of Illinois, Wrote in a Statement that the ruling “Protects essential Early Childhood Education for Families Across the Country. Law by Executive Edict. ”

An HHS Spokeswoman Said in an Email The Agency “Disagrees with the Court’s Decisions and is evaluating Next Steps.”