Texas School District Retracts Warning of Border Patrol Checks on Buses

Alice ISD clarified that no Border Patrol agents have boarded buses and that children are not being targeted in immigration enforcement efforts.

Alice Independent School District issued and later retracted a letter warning parents that Border Patrol agents might board school buses to check students' immigration status.
The district stated the initial warning was issued proactively out of caution but acknowledged no such incidents had occurred in their district or others.
Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks and other officials confirmed that agents do not target school buses or children for immigration enforcement.
Federal law allows immigration checks within 100 miles of the border, but officials clarified that school buses are not specific targets.
The controversy follows recent policy changes under the Trump administration, which removed restrictions on immigration enforcement in sensitive locations like schools.