Fear of ICE grips Pittsburgh Public Schools classrooms, impacting attendance

Escalating federal immigrant raids from Minneapolis to Oakmont have set students, families and educators in the Pittsburgh region on edge.

Rumors of an ICE agent approaching Taylor Allderdice High School’s campus in Squirrel Hill last week had students and teachers on high alert.

On Friday, about half of the students Joseph Papa, an English language development teacher, works with at Faison K-5 in Homewood were absent amid rumors of immigration enforcement agents in the neighborhood…

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