Lexi Lonas

6 days ago | fox40.com | Lexi Lonas

The State Department announced Wednesday the U.S. will restart interviews and process foreign student visas, but it now will ask applicants to make their social media public for vetting, with potential denial if they refuse. The State Department added it would look for those “who pose a threat to U.S. national security,” the same phrase it has applied to pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses. “Every visa adjudication is a national security decision.

6 days ago | newsnationnow.com | Lexi Lonas

(The Hill) — President Trump’s immigration crackdown is exacerbating the already precarious problem of absenteeism in America’s schools.  Experts say schools will have to come up with action plans for their student bodies ahead of the fall semester after a recent study showed that an increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids leads to undocumented students missing more class.

1 week ago | kron4.com | Lexi Lonas

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1 week ago | thehill.com | Lexi Lonas

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Friday a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public-school classrooms is unconstitutional. The law required easily readable posters to go up in all public school classrooms of the Ten Commandments, regardless of what subject the classroom teachers. The judges said the law would be in violation of the First Amendment, giving a big win to advocates who say this bill violated the separation of church and state.

1 week ago | aol.com | Lexi Lonas

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Friday a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The law required easily readable posters of the Ten Commandments to go up in all public school classrooms, regardless of what subject is taught in the room. The judges said the law would be in violation of the First Amendment, giving a big win to advocates who say this bill violated the separation of church and state.