Report: At least 38,000 parents of Bexar County children are at risk of being deported

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Thousands of children in San Antonio are affected by the country's immigration policies, according to a new analysis by the Migration Policy Institute , a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C.

The Migration Policy Institute estimates that 6,000 school-aged children in Bexar County are without legal status, and 38,000 parents of minor children are at risk of deportation.

The report also found that Texas ranks second in the country for the number of children impacted by immigration enforcement, with nearly 1 million children across the state living with a parent who is in the United States without legal status.

"These are children of all statuses. Some are