Overview

• Denver Public Schools sued DHS in February to prevent immigration arrests in school buildings following high-profile ICE raids that prompted fear and attendance declines.
• A federal judge denied DPS’s request for a preliminary injunction in March, finding the district did not link attendance drops directly to changes in DHS’s sensitive locations guidance.
• DHS published a new sensitive locations policy mid-litigation and admitted in federal court that protections for schools remained substantively unchanged.
• DPS dismissed its lawsuit without prejudice, preserving the option to refile if federal immigration agents enter school property.
• The district, represented pro bono and supported by the Council of the Great City Schools, pledged to continue monitoring policy actions to safeguard student safety.