During President Donald Trump’s campaign, he made a wide variety of promises to Americans, promised that earned him the votes to win the election, But since his victory, his actions in office reveal that he plans to escalate his policies beyond what he promised. Deportation is a case in point. During the campaign, Trump gave the impression that his administration would focus on deporting known criminals. Sadly, his executive actions show that he intends to cast a much wide deportation net.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Trump has ended a longstanding policy that there “sensitive zones,” like churches and schools, that should be immune from ICE raids. And he has established deportation quotas for ICE agents.

The actions confirm that instead of the raids solely targeting criminals, they can include any undocumented person, even those who happen to be near those who are the initial targets.

These executive actions have made the issue of ICE being permitted access to schools of paramount importance. Schools aren’t off limits from ICE; if given the correct paperwork, Austin ISD must allow ICE to enter its schools. These raids are a burden that no student should have to confront. While it may be difficult to stop these raids entirely, AISD has said it will take some protective action. AISD General Counsel Kenneth M. Walker II said, “We’re going to exhaust every effort that we can to identify the appropriate person designated by a parent or guardian to take custody of the child.”

AISD needs to provide its students, especially those at the most at-risk campuses, with information on how they can stay safe from these raids and how they can support others. Even if AISD can’t keep its students wholly safe from ICE and Trump’s government, it should give students the resources and information they need to keep themselves safe.