"Each morning, he and his family bundle up and leave their Minneapolis apartment to wait for his bus. His little brother hefts on his backpack, even though he stopped going to day care weeks ago because his mom is too afraid to take him. As they wait behind a wrought-iron fence, Giancarlo's mother pulls the boys into the shadow of a tree to pray. It's the only time she stops scanning the street for immigration agents."
""God, please protect my son when he's not at home," she says in Spanish. She spoke with The Associated Press on condition of partial anonymity for the family, because she fears being targeted by immigration authorities. For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school requires faith that federal immigration officers deployed around the state won't detain them. Thousands of children are staying home, often for lack of door-to-door transportation - or simply trust."
Fear of immigration enforcement is causing many immigrant families in Minnesota to keep thousands of children home from school. Some parents avoid door-to-door transportation and limit children's movements because of fear of detention. Several parents and some children have been detained, including 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were taken arriving home from school and later released by a judge. Schools, parents and community groups have mobilized to help students reach class and access meals, social contact and learning. Some families still send children despite risks; others pray and vigilantly watch streets to avoid immigration agents.
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