‘Not going anymore’: Immigration enforcement hits Florida school enrollment, attendance

‘Not going anymore’: Immigration enforcement hits Florida school enrollment, attendance

In early January, an Apopka mother heard reports of ICE raids near her daughter’s Orange County elementary school. Terrified, the immigrant from Honduras texted her five-year-old’s teacher. The teacher messaged back: “Do what you think is better for you and your family.” And so she kept her daughter out of school for a week. Since then, the kindergartner has missed another five days of school because her mother, who doesn’t have legal immigratio…