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Immigration Crisis

The heated national debate about immigration is having a profound impact on many students and their teachers. Students who are fearful family members might be deported, traumatized by experiences back home and on their journey here, and worried about their own futures, are having trouble coping. In this series, The Hechinger Report examines how teachers and administrators are doing their best to help them focus on their school work and navigate a difficult political time.

Posted inNews

Por qué un distrito escolar de Texas ayuda a inmigrantes que enfrentan la deportación

by Kate Kilpatrick May 22, 2019February 11, 2022

HONEY GROVE, Texas — Abigail Rubio, de 16 años, estaba almorzando en la cafetería de la Escuela Secundaria de Honey Grove cuando supo que ICE estaba haciendo una redada en la fábrica de tráileres donde trabajaba su papá. “¿Oyeron lo que ocurrió en Load Trail?” preguntó una amiga. Abigail, o Abby, como la llaman sus […]

Attorney Allegra Love has become a resource for teachers and administrators in Santa Fe and around the country whose school communities are coping with deportations and immigration policy threats. Her nonprofit Santa Fe Dreamers Project provides free legal help for undocumented immigrants.
Posted inElementary to High School

How teachers are helping students affected by deportations

by Lisa Button February 7, 2019March 30, 2020
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Posted inElementary to High School

After a hate crime, a town welcomes immigrants into its schools

Avatar photo by Sarah Garland February 1, 2019March 30, 2020
The Thompson family, (from left) Clive, CJ, Christine, Oneita and Timothy, stand in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, where the parents and their two youngest children have been living since August.
Posted inElementary to High School

Going to school when your family is in hiding from ICE

by Kate Kilpatrick January 31, 2019April 8, 2021
Abby Rubio, left, and her sister, Noemi, sit on Abby’s bed in their shared bedroom.
Posted inElementary to High School

Why a Texas school district is helping immigrants facing deportation

by Kate Kilpatrick January 29, 2019March 30, 2020
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