AEA President Marisol Garcia released the following statement on HCR2060:
“I’m deeply concerned about what HCR2060 could mean for my students, their families, and their futures. Heightened anti-immigrant rhetoric, fears about immigration raids, concerns about the possible detention or deportation of family members—all of these things have an immense impact on kids’ well-being and on their ability to learn.
I’m particularly horrified by the possibility that HCR2060 could allow for immigration raids on school campuses, even during school hours, and by the prospect of kids ending up in the juvenile justice system simply because of the way that their families came into this country.
I remember what it was like to teach during the darkest days of SB1070 and the climate of fear that it created on my school campus. We cannot and will not allow this state to go back.
Our union urges educators, parents, community members, and everyone who cares about Arizona’s schools and our students to contact their legislators and tell them to vote NO on this hateful and divisive legislation. School should be places of safety and learning, not fear. Enough!”
