I just visited Liam and his father. I also met with countless more children and families who have done nothing wrong and should not be detained. My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:

Perhaps Linda McMahon and others in the Department of Education decided to withdraw their appeal of the case overturning last spring’s letters banning DEI in schools because they know that the Justice Department will take care of the enforcement of such matters.

Trump Drops DEI Case Appeal. Is He Really Giving Up? https://t.co/zO4ExjhwVT via @janresseger

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

Title I for school districts serving concentrations of poor children and funding for the IDEA would be funded at this year’s level.  While the bill fails to accommodate the increased costs school districts face due to inflation, education leaders are relieved there are no cuts.

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Congress Looks to Pass Education Budget that Rejects Trump's Proposed Funding Cuts. Will It Pass by Friday? https://t.co/CiqZytlIpU via @janresseger

More history exhibits pulled from national parks, including Grand Canyon

This South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, a for-profit immigrant prison, is where the five-year-old from Minneapolis and his father were sent by ICE.

For-Profit Immigrant Prison Will Hire For-Profit Virtual Charter School for Children Detained for Months https://t.co/pzjM38l4nk via @janresseger

White Students Hurt by L.A. Desegregation Policy, Lawsuit Says

"Children are not treated as beneficiaries or even as objects of public support. They are treated as tools or points of leverage – instruments through which government seeks to reshape adult behavior."

CURMUDGUCATION: Banning T-Birds: Your Tax Dollars At Work

Superintendent for Columbia Heights public schools: "I have seen it with my own eyes." Federal agents are at bus stops, circling schools, up and down the street. The same people, in tactical gear. https://t.co/04KTo2np87

It Is Unconscionable That Our Government Is Choosing to Harm Children Like Liam https://t.co/akh2bLAjCG This blog by @BruceLesley cites @AnnieAndrewsMD @@PCCAmerica @PhilipKennicott @NewsHour @peggyflanagan @TheYoungCenter @childrensrights @USA_Polling @MotherJones

Questions remain about professors’ capacity to help public school teachers encourage open discussion about major issues in American history when the grant that underwrites the program comes from the U.S. Dept. of Ed., which launched the America 250 Civics Education Coalition.

Trump Administration Awards Grants to Promote Patriotic Education https://t.co/ADU86oeXul via @janresseger

Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education

In the U.S. House and U.S. Senate committees on appropriations, both debating a budget agreement due January 30, there remains strong disagreement over the dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education.

Student Loan Crackdown Delayed, Mental Health Grants Restored, but Dept. of Ed.’s Future Complicates Federal Budget Debate https://t.co/D8AISCrg1I via @janresseger