NC School District Vows to Eliminate Discrimination Against Latinos
One of North Carolina’s largest school districts has pledged to end discriminatory practices against Hispanics, responding to a federal civil rights complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The Hispanics making up nearly 21 percent of the 32,566 students in the Durham Public Schools perceived a “hostile environment” in the system, the SPLC said in April.
The SPLC also faulted DPS for having only three qualified interpreters to deal with Latino parents who have limited proficiency in English and for not providing Spanish translations of parental notifications and other basic documents.
The complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, likewise cited instances where teachers uttered ethnic slurs targeting Hispanics and cases of students’ being asked to provide
Utilities Turned Off in Homes of Alabama’s Undocumented Immigrants
A utilities provider in Alabama has begun turning off water, electric, and gas services to homes that cannot confirm they are legal residents of the United States.
With winter and cold weather fast approaching, a number of homes in Alabama are without heat, water, and electricity, after Utilities Decatur began turning off their service to undocumented immigrants.
Alabama recently passed an immigration legislation barring businesses from providing goods or services to those not legally in the country. If businesses fail to comply they face fines and