MAGA school superintendent puts migrants students on notice as he explains why he will allow ICE agents into classrooms
A MAGA-loving school superintendent claimed he wants to 'keep families together' by allowing ICE agents raid classrooms amid a nationwide crackdown on illegal migrants.
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Education Ryan Walters warned students and staff that immigration authorities will enter schools and classrooms to apprehend any kids who are in the country illegally.
The schools official claimed the move was an effort to prevent young students from being separated from their parents.
'For years the liberal media has been vilifying Republicans for separating illegal immigrant children from their parents,' he said.
'Now they want us to explain why we'd let ICE agents into schools. The answer is simple: we want to ensure that deported parents are reconnected with their children and keep families together.'
Walters also said he is prepared to help deport undocumented children along with their parents to assist President Donald Trump with his mass deportation plan.
'Here in Oklahoma, we absolutely will work with President Trump,' he told KOCO News. 'We will make sure he has the information he needs, any support on enforcing those policies we will happily assist as well.'
Walters went so far as to suggest state legislatures introduce a new policy requiring schools to check each student's immigration status.
'This is about securing the border, making sure we're a law-and-order country, so Oklahoma schools will comply,' he said.
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Education Ryan Walters is prepared to help deport undocumented children in an effort to help President Donald Trump
President Trump aggressively forged ahead with his pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history in his first week back in power , arresting over 2,000 people in a widespread crackdown
He added: 'They don't get to pick and choose what laws they go by. This is federal law.'
Under the previous administration, ICE agents were barred from entering 'sensitive' locations like schools, churches and hospitals, but Trump removed such restrictions upon returning to office last week.
Federal law states that a child cannot be discriminated against or barred from receiving a public education due to their immigration status.
An estimated 3,000 unaccompanied minors were resettled in Oklahoma between 2021 and 2023 with sponsor families.
Walters has been an outspoken MAGA advocate, urging schools to embrace bibles in every classroom and recently announcing that students will be taught about the 'Gulf of America' - after the president formally the name from the Gulf of Mexico.
President Trump aggressively forged ahead with his pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation effort in US history in his first week back in power, arresting over 3,000 people in a widespread crackdown since the inauguration.
A senior official in the Trump administration revealed exclusive deportation and arrest numbers to DailyMail.com to cap off a frantic first week back in power, including details of the worst criminals that had slipped through the net.
On Friday alone, ICE authorities arrested 445 illegal migrants with criminal records, with a further 148 migrants without rap sheets also taken into custody ready for deportation. And on Sunday, immigration officials arrested nearly 1,000 more people.
Federal law states that a child cannot be discriminated against or barred from receiving a public education due to their immigration status
There were a further 449 detainers lodged - requests to local police forces to hold arrested individuals until ICE can pick them up - 468 removals or repatriations, and 15 gang-related arrests across the nation.
Almost 5,000 Homeland Security and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers have been deployed by the Trump administration to carry out raids, particularly targeting sanctuary cities where dangerous criminals were previously unable to be tracked by ICE under weak Biden-era immigration policies.
The Trump Administration has quickly moved to ramp up deportations and arrest illegal migrants who pose 'public safety threats ', specifically targeting sanctuary cities such as Chicago, San Francisco and San Jose - which bar cooperation between city police and immigration agents.
Trump has been unhappy with the number of arrests so far and has directed federal immigration officials to meet higher detention quotas.
He has ordered ICE to raise the arrest numbers from a few hundred a day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
