The Needle: DCPS’ International Teachers At Risk, MPD Still Working With Immigration Enforcement, And Trump

• Teaching moment: About 200 international teachers came to D.C. to teach at DC Public Schools on the promise of potentially getting a green card. But now the agency is retreating from those promises, creating uncertainty for local teachers, who might be forced to leave the country. That’s despite the D.C. Council’s approval of $230,000 in the school system’s budget to pay an attorney to file green card applications. Now, though, DCPS says it won’t spend those funds. Minus one point for breaking your promise and another for capitulation. -2 [51st] • Continuing cooperation: Despite statements from Mayor Muriel Bowser, and a D.C. law that explicitly prohibits it, her Metropolitan Police Department is still working with federal immigration agents. Videos, photos, and court filings reveal th