As students in the nation's second-largest school district return to school this week, the Los Angeles Unified School District's superintendent ensured that all district students are safe as federal immigration enforcement fears continue within the community.

On Thursday, when 540,000 students are set to be back in class, and with over 1,000 buses rolling out, Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho said he did not want any student to stay home out of fear.

"Can we declare perhaps that within a certain distance from schools, one hour before the school day begins, and one hour after the school day ends, that no such actions take place, in those areas, for the sake of our children," he said in regards to immigration enforcement.

"We are appealing to the better senses of those who have power to

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