After dozens of people were detained in an ICE raid at an Omaha food processing facility, families are still recovering from the fear it instilled.
Parents and children alike are more hesitant to participate in summer educational activities which, according to one childcare provider, can have lasting impacts on their health and academics. The provider asked to remain anonymous out of concern for the safety of students with varying immigration statuses.
“But mostly how I’m seeing it impact the kids is they’re not showing up for these fine summer learning opportunities or summer school. So they’re going to be behind next year,” the childcare provider said. “So if we don’t see them, we don’t know what their needs are, and we can’t help.”…