fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
7 months agoProtecting Classrooms: What Nonprofits Need to Know About ICE in Schools - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Advocates warn this practice is unethical and severely harms children, regardless of immigration status. We spoke to Laura Vazquez, director of immigrant integration at the advocacy organization UnidosUS, who said that these unannounced checks, no matter how they are labeled, and the Trump administration's rescission of "protected areas"-such as schools, youth-serving organizations, churches, and hospitals-are sowing fear in communities, disrupting classrooms, and undermining trust in these institutions as safe havens.