LA teachers are on the frontlines as Ice raids terrorize their students: ‘You are not alone’

LA teachers are on the frontlines as Ice raids terrorize their students: ‘You are not alone’
- June 20, 2025
- Laura Enriquez, Chicano/Latino studies, The Guardian, June 20, 2025
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“These raids are going to be core memories and they will shape how a whole generation of children of undocumented immigrants understand legal vulnerability,” said Laura Enriquez, an associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine who has researched the long-term impacts of immigration policy on mixed-status families. Embedded in their local communities, teachers are now becoming the biggest advocates and resource distributors for their students, helping them develop longer term resiliency at school and beyond.
For the full story, please visit https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/los-angeles-ice-raids-teachers-schools.
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