Immigrant advocates in New Bedford cheered a recent vote by the city’s school committee to establish a “Safe Zone” for immigrant students.

On Monday, the school committee passed the resolution, which was first introduced in February. It doesn’t change district policy per se. Rather, it affirms that New Bedford Public Schools would follow federal law regarding student privacy and the state Attorney General’s guidance on dealing with immigration officers. For instance: school officials should check for a judicial warrant when ICE officers want to speak to a student.

Cynthia Roy, a member of the New Bedford Coalition to Save our Schools, said several local organizations had been pushing for the resolution’s passage in the wake of ICE raids in New Bedford .

“There have been so many dee

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