This summer, the Trump administration ramped up immigration raids in cities across the U.S., separating families and communities and further fueling fear among immigrants. Here in Florida and communities around the country, AFSC often hears from panicked parents who worried about bringing their children to school, fearing they'd get picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on the way.

In shock and outrage over seeing white supremacists storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, many policymakers, members of the media, and others have called for rioters to be labeled as “terrorists.”
Last spring, we set an ambitious goal: to shut down the largest migrant detention center for youth in the U.S. in time for the children to attend school in the fall.