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Teacher fired for tweets

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas federal court found that the Fort Worth school district had the authority to fire a high school teacher for tweeting to former President Donald Trump, requesting help in removing “illegal students from Mexico” from the school. This violated a district policy prohibiting discrimination against undocumented students.

Read the ruling [here.](https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2023-26-1--10-02-29-teacher tweets.pdf)

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