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Schools Implement Safety Protocols Amid ICE Concerns
9/5/2025
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- Schools like CommuniKids advise teachers to carry passports due to concerns over ICE raids.
- Latino-majority schools are creating protocols for potential ICE actions.
- Intimidation causes many Spanish-speaking parents and teachers to refrain from using Spanish.
- Los Angeles and San Diego schools reported at least 10 arrests since the school year began.
- Superintendent Alberto Carvalho criticized the arrest of a 15-year-old student with a speech disability.
- ICE operations near schools have caused notable student absenteeism nationwide.
- Broward County, Florida, saw a drop of over 13,000 students this year.
- A Stanford study found a 22% increase in classroom absences in California's Central Valley.
