WMAL Interview - ELIZABETH SCHULTZ - 01.25.18

INTERVIEW -- Fairfax County School Board member ELIZABETH SCHULTZ – discussed Fairfax County Sheriff's Office ending agreement with ICE to hold wanted inmates.  (Fox 5 DC) -- Fairfax County School Board member Elizabeth Schultz is concerned this could put students at risk and said the abrupt shift in policy could spell danger, not only for the community, but for school campuses across the county. “They had to enact and take action to break the relationship with the federal government and for the life of me I can't understand, not only for the adult population, but for the children in our schools – girls who are potentially subject to sex trafficking issues,” Schultz said. “Everything that we are trying to educate and protect children about, this seems to fly in the face of.” Fairfax County Public Schools is the tenth-largest school district in the country and reportedly has the sixth-largest population for undocumented minors. Schultz said she was blindsided by the new policy that could put a strain on the school district's efforts to curb gang violence. She also said the elimination of the agreement could potentially release criminals who have ICE detention orders.