An Oregon preschool and two national teacher unions on Wednesday joined a federal lawsuit filed against the Trump administration, seeking to protect schools as well as churches and places of worship from immigration enforcement.

The detention of a father dropping off his 2-year-old son at Beaverton’s Guidepost Montessori preschool and daycare in mid-July spurred members of the school to join the suit.

The filing offers new details of what staff at the preschool described as a wild scene with parents running into the school, federal officers shouting and grabbing the school’s leader who was filming the father’s detention.

The National Education Association cited increased student absenteeism, student misbehavior and stress and anxiety for educators. It is the largest union in t

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