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Tag: Wildin Acosta

September 6, 2016

Jubilant students and educators welcome Wildin Acosta back to school

After a harrowing six-month stay in a detention center for undocumented immigrants, Wildin Acosta is back in school where he belongs.

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August 23, 2016

ICE raids creating an education problem, not solving an immigration crisis

“EVERY student in this country is guaranteed the right to an education.”

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August 16, 2016

Educators, students, and community activists unite to #FreeWildin

“As we celebrate Wildin’s positive outcome, we need to remember there are many more students in detention.”

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February 23, 2016

Educators turn up the heat to rescue NC student seized in ICE raid on way to school

Acosta, a model student who is still determined to graduate, has sent word to his teachers asking them to please send his homework to the immigration detention center.

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