Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance
- Written by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara
High school students gather for an anti-ICE protest outside the state capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 14, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration’s recent surge of more than 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, is creating ripple effects for students, teachers and parents that go well...