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Scared at school

As President Trump ramps up immigration enforcement, schools are battling high rates of anxiety and absenteeism among immigrant families. As students head back to school, some districts are championing sanctuary school resolutions to shield students from authorities

23 August 2017

  • Protestors rally in support of undocumented immigrants in National City<br>epa06014025 People participate in a rally at the National City city hall, held to show support of families separated because of immigration issues, in National City, California, USA, 06 June 2017. On 23 May 2017, Francisco Duarte and his wife Rosenda Duarte, undocumented Mexicans citizens living in the US, were detained by immigration agents, which resulted in their four children having to live by themselves. Protestors came out in support of the family and also to pressure the city to adopt a sanctuary city status. National City borders San Diego, California, and has a large Latino population, many of them undocumented. Francisco and Rosenda Duerte have not yet been deported and remain in detention. EPA/DAVID MAUNG

    Trump's immigration crackdown is traumatizing a generation of children

    As the president vows to tighten immigration enforcement, educators say an epidemic of fear is boosting school absenteeism and leaving millions of children with crippling anxiety

22 August 2017

  • Fairfax County Public Schools and their Steps to Maintain School Security<br>SPRINGFIELD, VA - JANUARY 18: Officer Joe Plazio, of the Fairfax County Police Department, patrols the hallways where he is stationed at West Springfield High School on Friday, January 18, 2012, in Springfield, VA. Fairfax County has taken a variety of approaches to making schools safe. Each of the high schools and middle schools have a Fairfax County school resource officer, who is an armed sworn officer with the Fairfax County Police. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

    Trump order could give immigration agents a foothold in US schools

    Activists fear the plan puts students and families at risk by increasing collaboration between federal agents and police officers in American schools

21 August 2017

  • High school students in South Florida rally against Donald Trump’s immigration policies and ask that their schools become ‘sanctuaries’.

    'Sanctuary schools' across America defy Trump's immigration crackdown

    From Los Angeles to Miami to New York, dozens of school districts are vowing to shield students and their families from immigration authorities
    This article – the first of a three-part series – was reported by The74Million.org, a nonpartisan education news nonprofit, in partnership with the Guardian
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