Ryan Walters approved of the Oklahoma Board of Education's measure requiring families to verify children's citizenship during school enrollment.
The rush to deport undocumented immigrants has raised questions about whether Oklahoma City police will help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Oklahoma may require parents to report their immigration status when enrolling children in schools. “We’re not going to allow sanctuary schools here in Oklahoma,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Tuesday afternoon.
Amid rising immigration enforcement fears in Oklahoma, the Latino Caucus fights misinformation and supports affected families.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters says a proposed administrative rule concerning immigration status could be used on parents as well as students.
Plans for a new community space in a predominately Hispanic neighborhood are intersecting with a rising culture of fear.
The new rule, approved unanimously by the State Board of Education, still needs to be approved by the Legislature and the governor.
The rule would not block undocumented students from enrolling, but it would supply the Trump administration with information to aid immigration enforcement.
Ryan Walters said he would help the Trump administration in “any way they see fit” to carry out immigration enforcement.
Leaders in at least three states have made efforts to collect data on undocumented students, or outright ban them.
ICE announced 1,016 arrests and 814 detainers in the latest of a series of daily enforcement updates since President Trump took office last week.
Oklahoma's Superintendent Ryan Walters said he wants "to account for how many students of illegal immigrants are in our schools.”