"This year, however, she and other counselors detected acute emotional reactions: anxiety, sorrow and fear after a summer of intensified immigration raids. Families in this majority Latino, agriculturally-centered part of Ventura County are still coming to terms with the mental health consequences of immigration enforcement. Children and their parents express worry that they may be ripped apart at any moment. Some already have been."
""People were emotional, angry, fearful, and it affected everyone," Caballero Magaña said from her office at Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary School. "Because if it wasn't happening to you personally, it was happening to your neighbor, it was happening to your best friend's family." "I have never experienced anything like that," she said. The Oxnard School District isn't alone. Immigration raids are straining mental health among children and school communities across California, a state where about 1 million children have a parent who is undocumented"
A new school year brought acute emotional reactions—anxiety, sorrow, and fear—among students returning to campus after a summer of intensified immigration raids. Families in a majority-Latino, agriculturally centered Ventura County community report worry about sudden family separations, and some families have already experienced separations. School counselors describe widespread emotional distress affecting neighbors and friends. Immigration raids are straining mental health across California, where about 1 million children have an undocumented parent and about 300,000 students are undocumented. Persistent vigilance and fear increase risks of chronic anxiety and depression and create social and emotional challenges for separated children.
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