Still, this was no easy position for school administrators. Bravely, they turned the Homeland Security agents away and refused to allow them to enter the school. It appears to be the first time the new policy of turning immigration officials away has been used by New York school administrators. It's one thing for this policy to be in place, but it's a completely different thing for school administrators to be in the precarious position of turning federal agents away at the door. Were they armed? Did they have on flack-jackets? Whatever the case, the staff stood their ground, and that's a good thing.