ICE raids and the threat of ICE raids leave schools and students reeling.

Educators share their experiences and concerns following the Trump administration’s reversal of a longstanding policy that prohibited ICE from conducting immigration enforcement actions in schools and other sensitive community locations.

Sample Educator Conversations:

The Trump administration’s reversal of ICE’s “sensitive locations” policy has sent shockwaves through schools.

  • “80% of my ESL students were gone today. ICE hit over the weekend.”
  • “We were missing 1/3 of our school population yesterday.”
  • “Students are crying, emailing that their parents won’t let them come back to school.”

School climates are feeling more hostile, with some students taking a threatening stance toward immigrant peers.

  • “One student asked me what ICE was. Another student said, ‘I heard there’s a $500 payout if you tell those people the right information on illegals.’ My heart sank.”