Amid the Trump administration’s promises of mass deportations, some schools in Massachusetts and nationwide in recent weeks saw an uptick in absences among migrant students. Both the families and some Massachusetts superintendents say the federal government’s immigration policies — which now allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to enter schools to make arrests — are pushing immigrant children away from protected learning environments. As families grapple with the prospect of immigration enforcement around schools, some have opted to pull their children from classes.

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    • painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml
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      They miss school, the school will interfere, schools will contact CPS , they will be raided, and deported. Regardless of the route/decision taken, the outcome will be the same for them.

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    The terror is the point, and it’s disgusting.