CROTON CHRONICLE---CROTON-HARMON SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUED STAFF-ONLY GUIDANCE LAST MONTH ON HOW TO HANDLE POSSIBLE ICE ENTRY ONTO CAMPUSES

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MICHAEL BALTER--FEB. 6, 2025

Croton-Harmon school district issued staff-only guidance last month on how to handle possible ICE entry onto campuses.

Superintendent Stephen Walker told staff that all inquiries by ICE officials must be referred to his office. Detailed instructions about judicial warrants were provided.

The Chronicle has now published a number of articles and opinion pieces about the effects that the Trump administration’s stricter immigration policies might have on our community. We reported that Croton-on-Hudson is currently reviewing policies of limited cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers that the village adopted in 2017, and we have also published calls by our local clergy to protect possibly undocumented immigrants who may be our neighbors.

On January 23, we asked the Croton-Harmon school district whether or not it had written policies concerning cooperation with ICE officers who might come onto our school campuses. Our query was immediately converted into a Freedom of Information Law query, and we were told, that same day, that “there are no documents responsive to this request.”

It now turns out that this was apparently not true. MORE AT Croton-Harmon school district issued staff-only guidance last month on how to handle possible ICE entry onto campuses.