The arrest of a parent near a Portland elementary school by ICE agents last week has focused attention on how President Donald Trump's enforcement agenda could affect immigrant students and families.

The Portland city council this week passed a resolution calling for more transparency from federal law enforcement agencies.

To better understand the legal questions at play, All Things Considered host Ari Snider spoke with staff attorney Max Brooks from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, which recently published a back to school guide for immigrant families and other groups.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

Brooks: Immigrant families still have a basic right to a public education under the Equal Protection Clause [of the 14th Amendment] and under Supreme Court p

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