Spokane School District Bans Border Agents From Schools

‘The fact the school board has taken this position of intolerance against a law enforcement agency is disheartening,’ a CBP agent said.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in a file photo. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Spokane school district in Washington state voted unanimously on March 7 to ban U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents from entering schools after opponents argued that their presence could have traumatic impacts on Latino or immigrant students.

According to The Spokesman-Review, the unanimous decision reaffirmed a pre-existing policy preventing border patrol agents from entering school buildings unless the superintendent says otherwise.