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Denver Public Schools has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit it filed over the Trump administration’s abolishment of a decades-old federal policy that treated schools as sensitive locations for the purposes of immigration enforcement.
Although DPS did not win the lawsuit, the district in a statement Tuesday declared “a victory” in the case, because a federal judge found that there was little practical difference between the previous policy that treated schools as protected places and the Trump administration’s changes.
But DPS added that it would sue again “should circumstances change.”
“Just as DPS was the first school district in the nation to challenge this administration’s policies in federal court, DPS will be the first school district in the country to return to court should there be any additional federal overreach,” the statement said.