KINGSTON, N.Y. – The White House last month lifted a ban on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in places of worship as well as schools. While there haven't been many, if any at all, raids in schools, administrators are on alert in New York.

President Donald Trump and his administration have been vocal about the possibility of mass deportations across the United States.

Kristi Noem, U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, made an announcement Tuesday, stating, "We will do everything we can to protect the American people. We have jurisdiction over people who live here, people who leave here and people who come here."

Despite those efforts, Superintendent of Kingston Schools Paul Padalino said there will not be any changes to existing policies and procedures. Instead, Padalino said students will be protected.

“We’re going to protect the rights of all of our students," Padalino said. “We’ve never given anyone access to our students, and we won’t in this situation. And we won’t in the future.”

Padalino said he is addressing the heightened concern among students and staff within Kingston city limits. However, he told Spectrum News 1 that faculty are doing their part to ensure peace of mind for parents and students.

“We are watching our attendance every day to see if we are seeing a dip in attendance," Padalino said. "We have a really great group of outreach people that are bilingual family workers. If we see a certain family and we’re not seeing their students, we can send them out to find out what’s going on... We’re going to protect our kids regardless of their immigration status, regardless of their race, gender identity, disability. We’re going to protect our students."