Chicago Schools Face ICE Raids, Students Feel Unsafe

By Daniella Silva and Natasha Korecki A teacher said tear gas drifted toward a school playground, forcing students and recess indoors. A viral video recorded near another school showed law enforcement dragging a woman out of her van and onto the ground. And students say they have seen ICE vehicles in their neighborhoods, leading them to feel frightened, according to one instructor. Educators say those incidents and others that have taken place as federal immigration agents increase arrests in Chicago are disrupting their jobs, upending their communities and traumatizing their students. “Everyone’s very anxious,” said Sheena Shukla, a school social worker for Chicago

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