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The right to education, protected under international human rights law. Incidents involve dismantlement of the Department of Education, cuts to school funding, and policies that restrict educational access for marginalized communities.

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Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Rescission of ICE Sensitive Locations Policy — Churches, Schools, and Hospitals Open to Raids

The rescission of the sensitive locations policy removed decades-old protections for churches, schools, hospitals, courthouses, and shelters from immigration enforcement. The change unleashed a dramatic surge in arrests of non-criminal immigrants and chilled access to essential services including healthcare and education.

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Updated August 10, 2020 Civil Rights
Major Abuse of Power

Betsy DeVos: Rollback of Student Borrower Protections, For-Profit College Deregulation

DeVos, a billionaire Michigan donor with ties to the for-profit education industry through her family's investment portfolio, was confirmed in February 2017 in a 50-50 Senate vote — the first cabinet confirmation requiring Vice President Pence's tiebreaking vote in history. She immediately moved to suspend the Obama administration's Borrower Defense to Repayment rules, which provided a path for students defrauded by schools to have their federal loans discharged. More than 100,000 borrower defense applications accumulated while DeVos's department delayed processing them. Courts found the delays violated federal law. She also rescinded the Gainful Employment rule that required for-profit programs to demonstrate graduates could earn enough to service their student debt.

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Updated July 1, 2020 Civil Rights
Major Abuse of Power

HBCU Funding Cuts and Broken Promises: Trump's Record with Historically Black Colleges

Trump used HBCUs as a political prop — signing executive orders promising prioritization while his budgets cut the funding those schools depended on. His administration cut the HBCU STEM research program, redirected grants, and proposed eliminating subsidized student loans on which HBCU students disproportionately relied. HBCU presidents who came to the White House for the high-profile signing ceremony were criticized by other HBCU advocates for lending legitimacy to a performance.

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