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Trump administration immigration crackdowns are driving unexpected enrollment declines at U.S. schools

Los Angeles Unified lost about 7,000 more students than projected this year.

Newcomer student enrollment has seen steep drops.

Last school year, this Roybal Learning Center junior was doing well and making excellent grades. This year, as a senior, she’s almost dropped out several times and has talked of leaving the U.S. and reuniting with her mother, who was deported over the summer to Guatemala.

So far, the girl has remained in school, says teacher Guadalupe Carrasco Cardona. But many students in similar situations have not.

Across the nation, immigration raids and border rest

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