Denver Schools Threaten Immigrant Teachers

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS THREATEN TO REPORT STRIKING IMMIGRANT TEACHERS: The Denver public schools' human resources department sent an email to school administrators last week that threatened to report to immigration officials teachers receiving H or J visas who chose to participate in a potential upcoming strike, according to a copy of the letter obtained by CBS Denver . More than 5,600 teachers organized by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association were slated to walk out this morning for the first time in 25 years, but that's now likely delayed into next week due to intervention with the state's labor department, according to The Denver Post.

Denver Public Schools said Friday that the email was an error resulting from "a misinterpretation of the information that we received from our immigration firm," adding "the communication was in no way intended to cause fear for our educators on visas." But Denver public school teachers said "the damage has already been done" in a late Friday post to In These Times. Read it here.