As ICE ramps up operations across the country and deportations reach a new high of nearly 1,500 people per day, immigrant families such as the Diegos are having frank discussions about their immigration status in the United States, the process to obtain citizenship, the agents arresting community members in their neighborhood, and their emergency plan in case one of them is detained or deported.

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  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 days ago

    Similar story in Nashville (arc)

    The Hernández family was one of many that kept their kids home during the immigration raids sweeping across Nashville that month. Federal immigration enforcement and the Tennessee Highway Patrol conducted about 500 traffic stops, mainly across South Nashville, and arrested 200 people in early May.

    As these raids instilled fear and uncertainty among immigrant communities, many schools saw corresponding declines in enrollment and attendance.

    Families faced a competing set of difficult decisions when it came to their children’s education and safety. For parents, sending their kids to school could mean that they would never see them again. For the students, attending class could mean coming home to an empty house, or getting stopped by immigration authorities on the way to or from school.