The Relentless School Nurse: When Childhood Becomes Conditional – Detention, Fear, and Empty Desks

The Relentless School Nurse: When Childhood Becomes Conditional – Detention, Fear, and Empty Desks

The drawing looks simple on the surface, but look deeper, this was created by a five-year-old child held in an immigration detention center.  Across the country, children are trying to make sense of instability with the only tools they have: paper, pencils, pictures, and words. In Dilley, Texas, children detained with their parents at the South Texas Family Residential Center have written letters describing what their days feel like. Through rep…