"Denver Public Schools argued a drop in school attendance was due to a new Trump administration policy of not shielding schools from ICE raids"

"A federal judge has ruled against the Denver public schools system’s attempts to block immigration officials from carrying out raids on school grounds, marking a win for the Trump administration as it looks to ramp up its deportation efforts."

"The school system also argued that rescinding the policy had caused schools to devote time and resources to teaching students and staff how to remain safe from immigration enforcement."

What the Denver Public Schools didn't bring up is that they receive Federal funding based on the number of students enrolled. Even I remember those two days a year when the schools begged us to "Please, oh please, come to school" on such and such a day.

Yeah, I'll be hard-hearted - I have a wife that went through the legal process of becoming a citizen. It's not a simple or easy process (it's a pain in the butt actually). Those people are here illegally, costing money that could be used for legal residents, and should be deported. As they say: "The family that gets deported together, stays together"

I would suggest to Denver Public Schools to quit teaching staff and students to break certain laws and padding the enrollment numbers - and that if they wish to continue in such manner, that they do so on Denver dollars, not Federal funds.

But that would mean a return to semi-private, locally-funded schools, eh?

And somehow, I doubt Denver residents would go for it once they knew how much would come out of their pockets and not mine and yours.

Schools should be supported by local communities ... preferably by those with school age children - though that could be debated. But not Federal funds.

I have no information about the exact date that the lights turn off at American Digest but I imagine it will be quite soon. I've been running this site at a semi-beta level but the time is coming when I need to lock certain features down - I gave myself until darkness at the old site.

You've had a couple of months to see this site in operation ... as have I - and I've only had to block one reader. I didn't like doing that but ... I won't go into my reasons why.

If there are any suggestions any of you would like to make - format, style, text size, font, colors, the idiot running the place, whatever - now's the time to let me know. I can't/won't promise I'll implement any or all but everything will be considered (some items I've beaten my head against the wall about but some things are "what it is is what it is").

Once I lock certain features down, it will become more difficult to modify later.

As they say, speak now or forever hold your piece.

:)