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For mixed status families, deportation fears cast shadow over new academic year

A member of the community writes a welcome back note for students on the first day of DC Public Schools outside an elementary in Washington, DC on August 25, 2025, as a show of support as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Federal agent raids increase in the city. Neighbors, volunteers and parents clapped, blew whistles and shook tambourines as they accompanied children to school on the first day of the new school year across Washington on Monday, with the city

As the new school year begins, mixed immigration status families face heightened fears about ICE enforcement near schools, creating anxiety that extends far beyond the classroom.

(Image credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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