***Keep tabs on all litigation against the white house: https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/ How many have you counted?
****Original documents of Executive Orders available in a federal register for download, organized by date: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2025
Where does birthright citizenship stand today – July 23rd? https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/where-does-birthright-citizenship-order-currently-stand/
Appeals court upholds block on trump’s executive order change to birthright citizenship: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-birthright-citizenship-16658c712cf6a3141f168c7557c0628d
Supreme Court rules ok to fire Department of Ed employees: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5400461-supreme-court-education-department-layoffs/
Federal school funding approved by Congress is frozen; litigation pending: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/states-sue-trump-over-billions-in-frozen-after-school-and-summer-funding and https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/whats-the-latest-on-trumps-school-funding-freeze-what-we-know-and-dont-know/2025/07
June 26th – UPDATES ON detained/deported migrants that we have mentioned on #WowNewsWednesday
Kilmar Abrego Garcia: https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-smuggling-deportation-release-523fdb48ead56dde2a3c2c4b28fef6d9 June 7 – The development occurred after U.S. officials presented El Salvador President Nayib Bukele with an arrest warrant for federal charges in Tennessee accusing Abrego Garcia of playing a key role in smuggling immigrants into the country for money. He is expected to be prosecuted in the U.S. and, if convicted, will be returned to his home country of El Salvador at the conclusion of the case. A federal judge in Tennessee ruled Wednesday that Abrego Garcia has a right to be released while he awaits trial on smuggling charges. But he will remain in jail while attorneys spar over whether federal prosecutors can stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting him.
4 year old with cancer from April 28th report: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/deported-us-citizen-girl-brain-tumor-seeks-return-rcna205607 Early May, still trying to return for treatment
Marcelo Gomes da Silva From Massachusetts: https://www.masslive.com/worcester/2025/06/god-has-a-plan-milford-teen-says-faith-gave-him-strength-during-ice-detainment.html detained on May 31st and held for 6 days
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8yj2n33yo 3 kids, 2 moms update –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_duROq0AXk
Dylan, 20 NYC: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bronx-high-school-student-detained-ice-mom-interview/ Dylan went from New York City to New Jersey, then to Texas, then to Louisiana, then to Pennsylvania, where he is now. Dylan has a court date set for early July. Conditions of detainment are not good and he feels sick often.
Torrance Elementary School student Martir Garcia Lara – On May 29th he and his father went to attend immigration hearing in LA but were detained and deported. They are now living in Honduras. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/southern-california-boy-deported-to-honduras-following-ice-detainment/ ICE officials said on July 10, 2021, the boy and his father left their hometown and illegally entered the U.S. On Sept. 1, 2022, an immigration judge ordered the pair to return to Honduras. Garcia-Banegas appealed the decision, but on Aug. 11, 2023, the appeal was dismissed.
Torrance Elementary School student Martir Garcia Lara, age 9, attended an immigration appointment with his father in Houston, TX on May 29: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-ice-arrest-elementary-school-b2763614.html
Dylan, 20, fled his home country last year and turned himself in at the U.S. border in April 2024 through a Biden-era entry program. He was detained for attending a routine check in: https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/05/27/bronx-high-school-student-detained-by-immigration-ice-agents
Three young children who are US citizens – including one with cancer – were deported to Honduras alongside their mothers: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8yj2n33yo
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, who came to the U.S. from Brazil at age 7, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorities have said the agents were looking for the teenager’s father, who owns the car Gomes da Silva was driving at the time: https://apnews.com/article/marcelo-gomes-ice-massachusetts-arrest-7ef602f205b355a03f530c7fbdac6612
Birthright citizenship is up in the air as the Supreme Court decides. This could affect student funding, such as IDEA which is based on Medicaid recipients. Therefore, if students who currently receive Medicaid are taken off, they will no longer be counted toward IDEA federal funding: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/supreme-court-case-on-birthright-citizenship-sparks-fears-for-school-funding/2025/05?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=13554774&UUID=1ef75222f128004f05f54b456994f60d&T=17723911
There are 99 school investigations for Anti-DEI noncompliance: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/see-which-schools-trumps-education-department-is-investigating-and-why/2025/03?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=13590075&UUID=1ef75222f128004f05f54b456994f60d&T=17769006
white house defunds teacher apprenticeship program while still encouraging others to continue: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/trump-admin-defunds-a-program-to-help-launch-teacher-apprenticeships/2025/05?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=13554774&UUID=1ef75222f128004f05f54b456994f60d&T=17723911
Migrants fined for not self-deporting: https://san.com/cc/hundreds-of-migrants-fined-millions-by-ice-under-rarely-used-immigration-law/
Federal funding to k-12 schools to be decreased by $4.5B starting Oct 1, 2025; only charter school grants would receive increased funding (NOT Title I, NOT English Language Learners, NOT special education): https://www.k12dive.com/news/trump-white-house-fy-2026-budget-proposal-cuts-grants-title-I-IDEA/747057/
Schools will lose $1M of mental health grants: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/02/trump-administration-cuts-school-mental-health-grants-over-diversity-goals/#:~:text=Now%20Trump%20is%20cutting%20them.%20Schools%20will,passed%20in%20response%20to%20mass%20school%20shootings.
Gutting the Institute of Museum Library Services has been blocked by U.S. District Court in DC: https://www.ala.org/news/2025/05/federal-court-halts-dismantling-federal-library-agency-ala-lawsuit#:~:text=Washington%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20the,and%20library%20services%20at%20risk.
National Science Foundation Cancels More Than 400 STEM Grants: https://www.faseb.org/journals-and-news/washington-update/nsf-continues-implementation-of-executive-orders-terminates-grants-and-committees
Tariffs affecting school expenses (new chromebooks, new school buses, food) and parents’ wallets: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/4-ways-trumps-tariffs-could-affect-school-shopping
Title III funding is being cut: https://edsource.org/2025/trumps-budget-would-abolish-funding-for-english-learners-adult-ed-teacher-recruitment/732198
Judge orders Dept of Ed to restore pandemic relief funds back to some states: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/06/judge-orders-education-department-to-restore-pandemic-relief-money/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&utm_campaign=1b48ee710d-Newark+Newark+students+use+AI+to+explore+careers&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9091015053-1b48ee710d-1297588769&mc_cid=1b48ee710d&mc_eid=e9d80c94af
Tariffs-related price increases for schools on Chromebooks and Ipads: https://www.edweek.org/technology/schools-brace-for-tariff-related-price-increases-of-chromebooks-and-ipads/2025/05?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=13449410&UUID=1ef75222f128004f05f54b456994f60d&T=17588183
International students on study visas not sure what to do as summer approaches: https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/05/05/minor-infractions-lead-big-problems-for-international-students
How teachers’ political beliefs may affect outcomes for MLs: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/do-teachers-political-beliefs-shape-outcomes-for-english-learners/2025/05
white house investigates Chicago’s Black Student Success Program: https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/29/trump-administration-investigates-cps-black-student-success-plan/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&utm_campaign=70c379251e-Newark+Advocates+warn+changes+to+US+Education+Depa&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9091015053-70c379251e-1297588769&mc_cid=70c379251e&mc_eid=e9d80c94af
- The white house issues executive order to rescind the 2014 Dear Colleague Letter that addresses higher and harsher discipline rates for students of color. This order is called “Reinstating Common-Sense School Discipline Policies” and emphasizes NOT using equity based practices, but instead use any kind of common sense discipline necessary regardless of race;
- Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth;
- Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education to remove DEI from its standards;
- White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs);
- Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities;
- Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future;
- Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens which prohibits states from offering in-state tuition rates to undocumented students: https://www.ednc.org/04-25-2025-trump-signs-seven-more-executive-orders-impacting-k-12-and-higher-ed/
Crackdown on Sanctuary Jurisdictions, however a recent court injunction has temporarily blocked the denial of federal funds to sanctuary cities, and lawsuits led by cities like San Francisco are challenging the administration’s efforts: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/donald-trump-sanctuary-cities
Updates on Kilmar Abrego Garcia: https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-adc6976c9e294b4c4b45d5a692112066
Legal services for unaccompanied children has been eliminated and the problem is growing: https://supportkind.org/press-releases/elimination-of-vital-legal-services-for-unaccompanied-children-undercuts-administrations-desire-to-prevent-trafficking-ensure-court-efficiency/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2qeZNo_SGaig75EcS0GupyY3nlQ-sS06vQ0iQ9f3Vd2nB1EhifJDmV290_aem_JLnkjIRKY2N8pn19GejD_Q
The Supreme Court temporarily halted the Trump administration’s efforts to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—a law historically reserved for wartime enemies: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-deportations-venezuelan-migrants-under-2025-04-19/
Several universities join Harvard to NOT comply with anti-DEI: https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/harvard-foreign-student-ban-trump-funding-3prfrfvxn?utm_source=chatgpt.com®ion=global
Student loan repayment beging on May 5th: https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-collection-fa6498bf519e0d50f2cd80166faef32a
Superintendent of LA Unified School District Alberto Carvalho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClwfgUEVSDg
Where do all the states land on the written certification to the federal government to comply with anti-DEI: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/see-which-states-are-telling-trump-their-schools-dont-use-illegal-dei/2025/04
Harvard Letter to white house: https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/the-promise-of-american-higher-education/?user_id=66c4bea55d78644b3aa0fc9f
Teacher Training grants continue to be upheld by courts to be cut: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/another-court-lets-the-trump-admin-keep-teacher-training-grants-frozen/2025/04
International Student visas have been revoked in 24 states and more than 300 schools: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/us-student-visa-terminations-trump-administration/3814069/?os=iXGLoWLjW&ref=app#:~:text=By%20Kimmy%20Yam%20%7C%20NBC%20News,2025%20at%203:19%20pm&text=Students%20walk%20on%20the%20Stanford,of%20all%20statuses%20being%20scrutinized.
IRS is allowed to share confidential tax information with ICE about undocumented tax payers ($96.7 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2022. According to its analysis, $59.4 billion went to the federal government and $37.3 billion to state and local governments) – the law states that it is illegal to release personal tax information unless a person is in violation of or suspected of being in violation of federal criminal law: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/irs-share-taxpayer-info-ice-immigrants-rcna200250?cid=sm_in&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
Deadline for K-12 schools to certify that they are not conducting any DEI work, or compliance with their antidiscrimination obligations, has a 10 day extension to April 24th (original was 10 days from April 3rd): https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5237831-education-department-dei-program-certification/
On April 7th, AP News reported that books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/maya-angelou-memoir-holocaust-book-are-pulled-naval-academy-library-de-rcna200012
On April 8th, the trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-plans-fine-migrants-998-day-leave-deportation-order-rcna200194?cid=sm_in&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
MacMahon sends letter to schools on Friday, March 28th saying that was the last day to use Covid funds: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/31/linda-mcmahon-cancels-covid-relief-spending-extensions-for-schools/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&utm_campaign=5cfd58cc05-Newark+Schools+thought+they+had+more+time+to+spend&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9091015053-5cfd58cc05-1297588769&mc_cid=5cfd58cc05&mc_eid=e9d80c94af&fbclid=IwY2xjawJavd9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbDVQeLfxzP_zGF7nmVVGIRXnJb-KZfTxi4C74Va9C630CBJpErHiD92qA_aem_7qseU8Sa1kbY-aWfu1-1DQ
Using Title I funds for parent school choice: https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/department-of-education-encourages-states-expand-education-choice-leveraging-flexibilities-title-i-funds?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0u3L2dXwF5av_lsiwnQ8ICSAfcHTm7rWa39Gt-BdqYlVLWG9EmnySCWJk_aem_FVNbhEpE_xGqwqRQcyfzcQ
Oregon and California Universities to lose funding for services to undocumented students: https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-revokes-waivers-california-and-oregon-universities-using-federal-funding-provide-services-illegal-immigrants?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1zRuTcQ0AIKD0sddg64h8PzGhhO49CiTDjnP2KePusbbkxfXFXe8e_JuE_aem_L1LHoj1Ky30NdAugMqEOKA
Mass deportations and school budgets: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-trumps-mass-deportations-could-mean-for-school-budgets/2025/03?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3dWIYzpJroeCCm9w6SGEd_d5_T-FueU-lvA16RH5FYWd3dfJ4cE5XPYKI_aem_scwo-Nt2BIBrQT-L4LUpZQ
Funding could be lost at the Smithsonian for race-based ideology: https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-trump-executive-order-e0132b9c865901ec702329b1f6e0c35e
How shifts in federal education funding affects your state: https://www.nea.org/resource-library/federal-education-funding-selected-programs-state-and-program?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=202503_deptofed&ms=social_facebook_202503_deptofed&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0sUFSRciUumczdj9Cilc6CNU6AANcEUpvcDoXygGdBhozcn1VPMwzVMPM_aem_ydZmCKTTuLjzL36KJik2ew
Special Education to be taken over by Health and Human Services & More on Student Loans under SBA: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-student-loans-special-programs-moved-new-departments/story?id=120032077&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1dDhv1ZT2Ztt4O523SMR_AOMpuMgYbyZyJOHVORfM3c384QseC3panQTY_aem_PCRHcM3qysD9D2EE3s-DGA
Student Loans re-opened for re-payment and SBA (Small Business Administration) would oversee the department: https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-repayment-forgiveness-18c994d3edf0b50acd95de2db0221675
Closing the Department of Education (which still requires Congress to approve): hhttps://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/statement-president-trumps-executive-order-return-power-over-education-states-and-local-communities
Scholarly article about the history of English as the language of the USA: https://cdn.ncte.org/nctefiles/resources/books/sample/26677chap03.pdf
English as the Official Language Executive Order (March 1st): https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/
Cuts to professional development grants: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/trump-administration-slashes-millions-in-teacher-training-grants/2025/02
Cuts to Education Research: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5138004-education-department-research-arm-doge-review/
Dear Colleague Letter Feb 14, 2025 to end Racial Discrimination: https://www.ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf
Ending Racial Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/
Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/
Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity/
Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/
Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/
In Draft Form (Feb 4, 2025) – Not yet an Executive Order to Dismantle the Department of Education: https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-department-executive-order-8519eaa465385cc13f4ddcae90228dd3
Protecting the American People Against Invasion: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion/
Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Integrity of the United States: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/clarifying-the-militarys-role-in-protecting-the-territorial-integrity-of-the-united-states/
Religning the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/realigning-the-united-states-refugee-admissions-program/
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/
Securing Our Borders: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/securing-our-borders/
Protecting the U.S. from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-othernational-security-and-public-safety-threats/
Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at our Southern Border: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/imposing-duties-to-address-the-situation-at-our-southern-border/