While AB 2019 would allow teachers to continue their job remotely outside of the U.S., it would also allow some professors to voluntarily teach from home if threatened with detainment. They can continue teaching even if they’re denied re-entry to the country.
Campus Reform points out that there are no similar protections for those arrested of other crimes. They also note that studies reveal remote learning has a pattern of producing poorer education results among students.
However, the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, one of the supporters of the bill, claims this is “necessary to preserve the integrity of students’ educational experiences” by keeping the same teachers around.
Dr. Zachary Marschall, editor in chief of Campus Reform, calls it another example of how "broken" California is today.
"The Left needs to actually acknowledge and tell the truth about immigration, that there is legal immigration, which is supported by most Americans, both left and right, and it's what makes our country stronger," Marschall tells AFN.
Then, he says, there is illegal immigration.
“Which is unfair, relegates low-income American citizens to second-class status compared to the benefits illegal immigrants receive and really is a backwards approach to a society built on law and order," Marschall states.
He adds that a community college is a public institution in California and is funded by tax dollars.
"Taxpayers should not be funding any institution getting away with not only promoting illegal immigration and illegal activity as income of this country illegally, but also another political defiance of our federal law enforcement,” Marschall says.
That defiance comes against ICE agents, he explains, who put their lives on the line to keep Americans safe while having to face physical and verbal harassment and abuse from the Left.
"I think this is a completely inappropriate use of taxpayer funds if this law were to go through," Marschall states.
AB 2019 was introduced by Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson). Gipson said on his website that AB 2019 "establishes safeguards to support faculty continually and employment stability in cases involving deportation or detention."
