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Courtney R. McDermott, PhD
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Postdoc and DSPAN Scholar in the Marlin lab at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute. DEIA belongs in STEM. NSPeeps Alum.
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Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.

Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
< Jaime Montana Cook is at Sackets Harbor Central School. 5h • Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly. Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process. They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years. They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe. We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release. We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not "being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims." Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is. We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting. Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center. The wait had already been too long a week ago. I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community. Jaime Cook Prek-12 Principal Sackets Harbor, NY
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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April 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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They can take the money away, but we are still here, and we must continue to support each other.

To anyone able to make a hire, look at the former K99 MOSAIC scholars who did not get a chance to apply for faculty jobs yet, they are SUPERstars. #MOSAICFOREVER
April 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I’m so sorry Erica, Dr. Starbird, and all other scholars. 😢
April 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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This is incredibly frustrating. I’m so sorry. 😕
March 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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January 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM