Members of Congress featured NEA members’ views on two key issues: access to digital resources in rural areas and the harmful impact of immigration raids.
Anthony Angelini, a teacher at New Oxford Middle School in Pennsylvania, stressed the importance of high-speed internet and the role of E-Rate in bringing it to rural areas at an Oct. 21 congressional field hearing in Gettysburg, “Harvesting the Digital Age: Connecting our Communities for a Better Future,” hosted by Reps. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) and John Joyce (R-PA), chairwoman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship.
It was great to welcome @RepFinkenauer to Gettysburg for a bipartisan @HSBCgop field hearing examining the need for reliable broadband access in rural communities. We had a productive discussion on this issue, which impacts 24 million Americans. Read more: https://t.co/vBwOzSpVef pic.twitter.com/DPo2zbA9Lj
— John Joyce (@RepJohnJoyce) October 21, 2019
Angela Wolf, a teacher at Briggs Chaney Middle School in Maryland, was a panelist at an Oct. 25 event on Capitol Hill, “A Briefing on How Immigration and Customs Enforcement Actions Harm Communities,” hosted by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
One of the consequences of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies is that students are going hungry.
Angela Wolf, a teacher from MD and @MSEAeducators, told congressional staff that parents are withdrawing kids from free & reduced lunch for fear ICE will find them. pic.twitter.com/pS6R7zALoU
— NEA Education Votes (@edvotes) October 25, 2019
As a people, we need to support all students in their personal journey in their education. Computer skills are necessary in modern society. I believe in all classrooms being diversified. It is vital for our civilization to expect all people to learn to interact together.
Yes, yes, yes!
When did the NEA get involved with illegal immigration? When did NEA begin supporting illegal aliens in this country by wanting them to benefit from U.S. taxpayers dollars? Please go back to representing the teachers who have paid into the NEA. Stop expressing your partisan political views which do not necessarily represent the NEA membership. Before you get too frivolous with ideas as to how our government should spend US taxpayers hard earned money, research other countries and their immigration laws inclusive of laws on human trafficking. Human trafficking is a worldwide problem. 39 people died in the back of a lorry in the U.K. The cost of that illegal journey for each of those passengers was several thousand dollars and their lives. Human trafficking has become a very profitable way to make a living. Don’t give human traffickers a sales pitch as to why people should illegally enter the U.S.A – I.e. get a free education and a free lunch…… no questions asked.