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A fifth grade teacher at a metro Denver charter school was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week.
The teacher is now being held with family members, including their minor children, at a Texas detention center, according to a letter sent to school staff by Stacy Bush, principal of Global Village Academy-Douglas County in Parker.
The teacher was arrested with her family on Friday during a routine immigration appointment at a Centennial ICE office, the letter said.
Michael Henderson, executive director of Global Village Academy Collaborative, which oversees the Parker school and two other Colorado locations of the language immersion school, said in a statement that the network had inspected the teacher’s employment documentation forms and conducted a background check through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
“This employee has a valid employment authorization document, authorizing her lawful employment in the United States, with any U.S. employer through the spring of 2029,” he wrote.