Adriano Espaillat: “Further, rolling back this regulation directly targets inner-city public schools and shows, at best, indifference to our…”

“Further, rolling back this regulation directly targets inner-city public schools and shows, at best, indifference to our Nation's most vulnerable students. It will leave students-- specifically, low-income minority students and English-language learners--without the protections and support intended by Congress. I, of all people, understand this important measure to look out for students with special English-language needs, coming from a low-income immigrant family, and I implore my Republican colleagues to reconsider this troublesome action.”