"Trump has deployed the National Guard and a wave of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents into the district. ICE arrests there have increased tenfold. The situation has thrust the Latinas who hold up the nation's child care sector into a perpetual state of panic. Nationwide, about 1 in 5 child care workers are immigrants, but in D.C. it's closer to 40 percent; about 7 percent nationally lack permanent legal status. Nearly all are women."
""What kind of life is this?" said Alma, whose name The 19th has changed to protect her identity. "We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family." Alma has been running a home-based day care for the past decade. She's been in the United States for 22 years, working in child care that entire time."
Intense immigration enforcement in Washington, D.C., including National Guard deployment and increased ICE raids, has spiked arrests and terrorized immigrant child-care providers. Many Latina home-based providers, who make up a much larger share of the D.C. child-care workforce than nationally, lack permanent legal status and have cut hours or stopped public outings to avoid detection. Some families are withdrawing children when providers limit outdoor activities, reducing provider income and forcing staffing reductions. Fear of arrest causes some caregivers to miss work while others risk continued attendance because they cannot afford lost wages. Providers report emotional distress and economic instability.
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