The Schools Actively Undermining ICE Operations, Grooming Your Children to be Un-American and How to Stop Them

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Episode Overview

Title: The Schools Actively Undermining ICE Operations, Grooming Your Children to be Un-American and How to Stop Them
Air Date: February 13, 2026
Host: Jack Posobiec
Guest: Nikki Neely, Founder and President of Defending Education

This episode centers on the ways in which American public schools are increasingly obstructing federal immigration enforcement, specifically ICE, and implementing policies that, in the view of the host and guest, erode parental rights and foster anti-American sentiment among students. Jack Posobiec and Nikki Neely discuss new findings indicating that over 700 school districts have adopted sanctuary policies, and they examine the broader social, legal, and cultural implications of these trends. The conversation also explores what parents can do to respond and how these school-based policies tie into a perceived nationwide ideological shift.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Impact of Open Borders on Public Schools

[02:45–05:18]

• Nikki Neely outlines how millions of children from undocumented families have been integrated into U.S. schools, citing the Supreme Court’s Plyler v. Doe (1982), which guarantees education regardless of immigration status.
• School districts are overwhelmed, leading to overcrowding, rezoning, and facilities being repurposed for migrant students—even in affluent areas such as Martha’s Vineyard.
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests uncovered the extent of resource allocation, including costly translation services in districts like western Massachusetts.

"When there are huge numbers of students going into some of these districts... districts have to make choices. There's not enough seats." — Nikki Neely [03:14]

2. The Rise of Sanctuary School Districts and Anti-ICE Sentiment

[05:18–08:14]

• Neely’s organization has tracked about 700+ districts that either officially refuse to cooperate with ICE or instruct staff how to oppose ICE operations.
• The segment highlights union involvement—specifically the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers—in pushing “community school” models that provide services beyond education, sometimes side-stepping parental input.

"...a running list...700 districts across the country and counting that have either voted...they will not cooperate with ICE or they're instructing their faculty and teachers on how to resist." — Nikki Neely [04:09]

• Jack Posobiec underscores the shift in schools from traditional education to “public policy” experiments, which he argues prioritize political activism over academics.

3. Parental Rights and Erosion of the Nuclear Family

[06:18–07:35]

• The discussion turns to a perceived shift away from parental authority, referencing programs that facilitate social or medical transitions without parental consent.
• Changes in language—from "mother" or "father" to "birthing parent"—are cited as examples of undermining traditional family structures.
• Neely connects this to activist organizations, such as Black Lives Matter at School, whose stated aims include breaking down the nuclear family.

"Once that trust is broken, it's very hard to repair, but they want to step into the void." — Nikki Neely [06:43]

4. Safety Risks and Accountability

[07:35–09:59]

• The influx of older students with limited educational backgrounds (SIFE) causes mismatches in school placements, raising safety concerns, especially for underage girls.
• High-profile cases, such as an adult illegal immigrant perpetrating an assault in a Maryland school, are cited to illustrate the dangers.
• Jack Posobiec and Neely lament how parents voicing concerns risk being labeled racist or bigoted.

"For somebody to raise the alarm and say I'm uncomfortable and then suddenly be called a racist is a true slap in the face." — Nikki Neely [08:14]

5. Political Organization within School Boards

[12:51–13:52]

• Neely explains how teachers’ unions have shifted focus to running sympathetic candidates for school boards, leading to adoption of more progressive policies irrespective of local constituent wishes—even in red states.

"They're not representing the wishes of their constituents. They're representing the values...from the National School Boards association or other radicals." — Nikki Neely [13:09]

6. Tools and Actions for Concerned Parents

[14:00–14:47]

• Nikki Neely encourages parents to report questionable or exclusionary school policies via their organization's tip line, emphasizing the lack of local media coverage and the need for crowdsourced vigilance.
• Defending Education’s website catalogues both sanctuary districts and those with “parental exclusion” policies—districts that restrict parental knowledge of their children’s gender identity at school.

"Let us know. We have a tip line ... we will be the bad guys who out these districts, who hold these people accountable." — Nikki Neely [14:05]

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On the growing politicization of schools:
  "The goal of a school, last time I checked, is to educate the next generation, not partaking in social experiments, in political experiments." — Jack Posobiec [05:18]

• On safety and sanctuary policies:
  "They're absolutely putting their own children at risk because they're prioritizing the lives and the values of illegal immigrants over the safety of American school children." — Nikki Neely [12:22]

• On radicalization and school influence:
  "The communist wants to take over. The communist wants to subvert. The communist wants to destroy your town, your beliefs, your virtues." — Jack Posobiec [15:29]

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Topic | Timestamp |
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| Episode Theme Introduction | 00:32–02:45 |
| Problems Created by Open Borders | 02:45–05:18 |
| Rise of Sanctuary School Districts | 05:18–08:14 |
| Parental Rights & Family Structure | 06:18–07:35 |
| Safety Risks for Students | 07:35–09:59 |
| Union Politics & School Boards | 12:51–13:52 |
| Parental Tools & Reporting | 14:00–14:54 |

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Recommended Actions and Resources

• For More Information:
  • Defending Education: defendinged.org — Includes lists of sanctuary districts and those with parental exclusion policies; tip line for reporting incidents ([14:00]).
• Get Involved:
  • “See something, say something”—Parents are encouraged to report incidents, even anonymously, to help build accountability and counteract lack of local media oversight.
• Cultural Engagement:
  • Jack Posobiec references the importance of public engagement, mentioning the success of alternative media events as examples of “breaking containment” in cultural discourse ([15:29]).

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Closing Thought

The episode paints a picture of American schools as battlegrounds for broader ideological and policy conflicts, particularly regarding immigration enforcement, parental rights, and the foundational values imparted to children. Both host and guest urge vigilance, civic engagement, and support for organizations like Defending Education to counter what they see as a trend toward radicalization and erosion of American traditions in the classroom.

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Transcript

[Jack Posobiec]

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[Jack Posobiec]

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[Nikki Neely]

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[Jack Posobiec]

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[Nikki Neely]

I'm great, thanks for having me.

[Jack Posobiec]

So Walk us through, because we just got sent this report here at human events that you've put out where you're tying together the impact really of open borders on the school system. Because, you know, we get told again and again ad nauseam by the Democrats, by the mainstream media that there's no impact, there's no resources that are, that are misused or abused. They don't even use them illegal aliens. But is that really the truth?

[Nikki Neely]

No, it's not the truth whatsoever. For the past four years, and we had the Biden administration having their open borders policies, there were obviously millions of people that crossed the border, including students. And all those students had to go into American schools because of a 1982 Supreme Court decision called Plyler v. Doe that they're entitled to education. Okay, fine. But when there are huge numbers of students going into some of these districts, I mean, think about Chicago, Denver, et cetera. I mean, even Martha's Vineyard. These districts have to make choices. There's not enough seats. And so we would see districts, we sent dozens of FOIAs out in early 2024 to facilities managers, to finance managers to look at what was happening to these schools. They had to rezone. I mean, you and I know people buy houses based on a school pyramid that their children are going into, repurposing buildings to house migrants, things like that. And so safety concerns came into play. And so now that the Republicans are finally trying to crack down on this, obviously we're seeing these massive ice, anti ICE protests across the country. So my organization has been keeping a running list of American about 700 districts across the country and counting that have either voted on affirmatively, they will not cooperate with ice, or they're instructing their faculty and teachers on how to resist. And so these are things that are taking place in our schools with our tax dollars, which is a real insult.

[Jack Posobiec]

And that's. Let's talk through that and walk through that a little bit when we are talking about the actual impact the, of tax dollars from open borders, from this entire situation going all the way back to the 1980s. And as you say, who is actually paying? And do we have an indication of what the, what the total amount is?

[Nikki Neely]

There is no indication of a total amount, which is frightening because, you know, much of this is some of it's paid by states, some of it's paid by cities, some of it was paid by the federal government. But even, I mean, we found a district in western Massachusetts where some of their. They ended up paying, I think it was 40 or 50 different kinds of translators, all different kinds of languages, at not a cheap cost per hour to do translations for parent teacher conferences, things like that. And so while they are obligated to accommodate everybody, some students, some families need a lot more accommodation than others.

[Jack Posobiec]

And this is the huge issue, because of course, we're looking at this influx, we're looking at this understanding. And at the end of the day, it should actually be about, you know, the goal of a school, last time I checked, is to educate the next generation, not not to be partaking in social experiments, in political experiments, being making public policy, or, you know, in this case, flaunting public policy.

[Nikki Neely]

Absolutely. And, you know, we see organizations like the National Education association, the American Federation of Teachers, pushing a concept called community schools, which is really kind of a phrase, warm and fuzzy, for a wraparound program. Let's provide families with laundry, laundromats, let's provide children with clothes, let's transition them, let's provide all their medical care. Just sign here on the dotted line, and we'll just take care of everything. And that's where we see a lot of the assault on parental rights taking place, where parents are registering their kids for classes and then not realizing that now the school is running with them and doing things like transitioning their children to different genders behind their backs.

[Jack Posobiec]

And that really is what the Democrats have been doing all the way back to the days of Michelle Obama, of Hillary Clinton, uh, the idea that your school is going to be this, this sort of social benefit distributor for children, rather than empowering homes, that they want to get them in the system, get them there as fast as possible, and then the indoctrination begins.

[Nikki Neely]

Absolutely. I mean, that's why, you know, the Obama administration, when they had that cartoon, the Life of Julia, it was Cradle to Grave, Uncle Sugar, the government is going to take care of you every step of the way. Which is also frightening because, you know, that's why we, at the same time, we saw change in language where we weren't just parents. You know, it was. We were like the. It was the birthing parent. It wasn't, you're not the mother, you're not the father. And so it was a real degradation of the American family, a devaluation of the role of parenting. And we then see activist organizations like Black Lives Matter at school, talk about one of their goals actually is the destruction of the nuclear family. Where they want to throw that wall up between a parent and a child. Once that trust is broken, it's very hard to repair, but they want to step into the void. And I'm pretty sure that my kid's superintendent is not going to be the one who's there to pick my daughter up off our bathroom floor when she's 21 and going through a breakup. So it's really, it's frightening that this is happening with our tax dollars.

[Jack Posobiec]

No, it certainly is. And when you look at the fact that you've now got children who could be illegal aliens themselves, or perhaps, you know, in this case, children of illegal aliens, which by the way, whenever those percentages are coming up, that's what they always do. They'll say, oh, illegal aliens are in a burden to the system because they don't use benefits. But, but no, that's because they're playing fast and loose with the definition of the burden of who's getting the benefit. So, yes, because of the Supreme Court's ruling, we currently do allow that paperwork to go to the children of illegal aliens. But there's a lot of people who would point out to say, well, those children wouldn't be in the system if their parents hadn't crossed the border illegally.

[Nikki Neely]

Right. And I think something else that's frightening is that as our schools are trying to accommodate these students, there are students of all ages that are going into this program. About four years ago, Montgomery county schools actually in Maryland, they had arrested a 20 year old for raping an 11 year old, a 20 year old illegal immigrant who was there. And so when we see schools that are trying to provide safe passage, like Montgomery county public schools is running sessions through the PT on telling people how to interfere, our children's safety is at risk. There's a whole category of illegal immigrant students called, the acronym is slife, students with limited or interrupted formal education. And so you have students who are 19, 20, 21 years old in our high school with our girls, you know, 14, 15, 16 year olds, put them together. When you have these gender policies, you can use any bathroom you want, you can use any locker room you want, and our girls are a real danger. And for somebody to raise the alarm and say I'm uncomfortable and then suddenly be called a racist is a true slap in the face.

[Jack Posobiec]

And that's obviously creating issues because you're right when, and I remember that story actually that you just cited, and the real question is how many times that help happened otherwise. Where there are people who've come into this country who either have fraudulent documents or don't have any documents at all, and they claim to be a certain age and yet they could be, I Think there was like a 23 year old who was attending a high school.

[Nikki Neely]

Yeah. And so what are we supposed to do about it? I mean, again, parents have been shamed by the Biden administration for years and by many state officials still to this day. When they raise concerns about gender, when they raise concerns about immigration, they're shamed, they're mocked, they're called names. But this is. Fortunately, we now have the Trump administration that is finally standing up for parental rights, taking a stand and saying, not in our schools, not to our children, full stop.

[Jack Posobiec]

No, it's really as simple as that. And of course, so many people would rather, and you hear of course from the teachers unions, they will be in many cases, like we saw in Minneapolis, it was the teachers union that was heavily involved in organizing those anti ICE protests, which of course turned directly into action. Uh, there's that video, viral video going around this morning of a woman who's setting fire to a warehouse just because there's an indication that it in Kansas City. There's an indication that it might become an ICE facility. And yet, so again and again, you see this. It's, it's in many cases teachers are involved. In many cases it's, you know, female demographic, female liberals who are doing this type of thing. And we have to wrap our arms around what is really going on with, with this country. What is really going on with the radicalization that we see happening every single day. And certainly, certainly we have to acknowledge that it's true. Because of course, as they say, the first step is you have to acknowledge that there's a problem. Right back, quick break here. Human Events Daily. Nikki Neely, president and founder, Defending Education.

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[Jack Posobiec]

Amen. All right, Jack Pasopic, we are back, Human Events Daily. And you know, capping off an incredible week, we are going to hit the ground running. We're not taking, you know, we don't take days off around here. We don't slow down, we don't take vacations. You guys know that, I know that. And believe me, Tanya Tay reminds me of it pretty much every chance she gets, my wife. And, and so we're on with Nikki Neely, the founder and president of Defending Education. And Nikki, I want to ask you. So let's get into a little bit more about this new report that you've come out with 700 districts and schools that are essentially declaring themselves sanctuary districts. They're not working with ice. They're refusing to go along with this. Aren't these districts putting their own children at risk?

[Nikki Neely]

They're absolutely putting their own children at risk because they're prioritizing the lives and the values of illegal immigrants over the safety of American school children. And you and I know when we drop our kids at the schoolhouse gate, you expect your children to be safe, but you don't expect them to be in a classroom or a bathroom or a locker room with someone who might be a lot older, might have a criminal background. And for our schools to say, you know what? It doesn't matter, stop asking these questions, you're a little bit racist, is rude and disrespectful.

[Jack Posobiec]

And now when it comes to the 700, what can you tell us about them? Are there any areas. I mean, I would imagine blue states and blue city areas is probably pretty well represented, but are there any areas that jump out at you as places where people wouldn't expect to find districts like this?

[Nikki Neely]

No. I mean, they are coast to coast. It is in red states, as you said. It is in blue states. It is in, you know, largely liberal cities. But as we have seen over the past five years, many school boards just act with impunity. They're not representing the wishes of their constituents. They're representing the values that they, you know, have learned from the National School Boards association or other radicals. Even in the wake of the 20, 2018 Janus decision, unions allowing union members to disenroll, the teachers unions made a very conscious decision. All right, well, we'll just have our members run in school board elections. And so you have somebody who looks credentialed. I'm a teacher. I'm running for school board. But they're voting with progressive values. They're not voting with their constituents, which is terrifying.

[Jack Posobiec]

It certainly is. And let me ask you. So we're going into this, by the way, where can people go to find your report?

[Nikki Neely]

And.

[Jack Posobiec]

And what can parents then also be doing? Some of the tools that you offer on the site.

[Nikki Neely]

Yeah, Our website is defending ed.org and I think one thing that parents can do is, I mean, let's borrow a phrase from dhs. See something, say something. So say something. And if you know what, if you don't want to say anything to your district, if you fear that you might face retaliation or your children might be targeted by bullied by a teacher, let us know. We have a tip [e-mail] we get, I mean, we were getting when we launched 50 to 200 tips a week from across the country. People can check a box that they want to be anonymous. We will be the bad guys who out these districts who hold these people accountable. Because frankly, people in these communities are not even aware that these school boards are passing these policies because the collapse of local media means nobody is paying attention to these votes.

[Jack Posobiec]

And nobody's paying attention at all. Tell people again the name of the website and where they can go to get involved and take action.

[Nikki Neely]

Yeah, it is defending ed.org we have this list of the districts that are ignoring ice, resisting ice, but we also have a list of 1200 districts accounting that have what we call parental exclusion policies. School boards that have said, you do not have a right to know your child's gender identity at school. These are the districts that are telling you that mom and dad might not telling your kids, mom and dad might not love them if you're a different gender. Maybe you're born in the wrong body. I mean, really, the things that are taking place in our schools would shock the. Shock your consciousness.

[Jack Posobiec]

No, it certainly is. Nikki Neely, thank you so much for joining us here at Human Events Daily.

[Nikki Neely]

Thank you.

[Jack Posobiec]

Thank you. And that's incredible, folks. You know, we, we talked about this when we put out the book on humans and you get the chapter 13 of that book, and there's that question, what can we do to fight back against communization? What can we do to fight back against the infiltration of our institutions? One of the first things that we said is that, check it out, folks, the mama bears are already doing this. The mama bears are going after the schools. They're understanding what's happening on the school boards. That's the level of energy you need to be. We also pointed out libraries, your local library, your local parks and recreation site. That's. Why do you think you have drag queen queen story hour in the park? That's because your local communist views. All of these institutions, schools, libraries, parks and rec, they don't view them as just, oh, a nice thing that our town has. They view them as what they truly are, nodes of influence, nodes of power. And the communist is of course, addicted to power. They're intrinsically drawn to it like a moth to the flame. Average people aren't like this. Average people just want to go about their lives doing their, you know, doing their thing, living their lives, as she was saying here. But the communist. No, no, no, no, no. The communist wants to take over. The communist wants to subvert. The communist wants to destroy your town, your beliefs, your virtues. Listen, what she just said. 700 districts. 700. Those are public school districts in this country that are openly saying that they are going to flaunt the laws of the federal government. That's the situation we're in. That's the situation we are in right now in the United States of America today. You look at the radicals out there. There you've got suburban women torching buildings because they think that ice might be there you've got Renee Good, a suburban mom who's willing to launch her car, her SUV in a vehicle vehicular style ISIS terrorist attack at federal agents. This is the radicalization and something needs to be done about this. Something needs to be said about this. It's the radicalization of, of suburban women. There, I said it. Oh man. Said it. This is the radicalization that's going on. And in large case. But oh man, I'm going to do it again. I'm going to do it again. In large case it is unmarried women. Not always, but in large case. In large case, this is the situation, folks. Are we actually willing to look at it, to do something about it? Are we actually willing to fight back? And you know, look, folks, we did do something about it over at tpusa. We actually did. And with, with the backing of the incredible team there, the work that went into this in such short order, the massive, massive success of the TPUSA All American halftime show. Now, people, I, I saw a bunch of people saying, why, why do this? Why are you just wasting time? It's just a couple of songs and there's been sort of this debate going on, you know, between some members of the conservative media saying, you know, some people like Matt Walsh, by the way, huge kudos to Matt Walsh for coming out and, you know, just being very, very gracious, I think, in terms of his response to it. But then there were other people questioning, well, what's the point? You know, they still control the institutions. Who cares if you guys put on a show? I said, guys, you're looking at this all wrong. This thing broke containment. When you look at those numbers, this is why I get so upset. And there's that clip of me from Thought Crime last night. It's going viral because I said they're lying to you about the numbers. The current media psyop on this. They say, oh, bad bunny had 100, 138 million for the Super bowl writ large. 122 million during the halftime show. So, yeah, there was a dip. But turning point. Oh, they only had 6 million. Only had 6.17 million. Okay, well, first of all, 6.17 million is the second largest YouTube live stream of all time. All right? That's number one that we got to talk about. And the largest US YouTube livestream of all time. So it's already record breaking right there. That is a new record, period, Full stop. Next, hold on a second. Because we were not running it only on YouTube. It was YouTube. It was rumble. It was Real America's Voice. Our other partners. I know so many people watched Real America's Voice here on the network. Also on Rumble, where I launched, you know, I let off the pregame show, so people saw that we had hundreds of thousands of people watching there as well. We were also on tbn. We were on OANN again and again. So you have to put all those numbers together. That's how we got to 25 million. Then you look at the Nielsen ratings. The Nielsen ratings have what's called a multiplier of 2.6 people per household. So wait a minute. Our 25 million number is a device number. If you were watching the halftime show with other people, then shouldn't you include the same multiplier for the same event and for the same ratings? So where's the 2.6? You see what I'm saying? Times the 25 million that we put up. They are terrified of the success of the Turning Point All American halftime show. They're terrified that we can compete on their own terms. Ladies and gentlemen, congratulate yourselves. And as always, you have my permission to lay ashore.