Here’s how immigration enforcement is affecting school enrollment in some districts

The Trump administration's surge in law enforcement has created a chilling effect on student attendance in school districts nationwide, but it appears that preliminary data and attendance trackers from some districts do not show a large-scale enrollment plunge due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations near school grounds. In September, President Donald Trump sent additional federal troops to aid immigration enforcement in Chicago . Despite this, the Chicago Public Schools system said its attendance remains "largely consistent" with last year as some student groups are seeing dips in attendance at "discrete points" -- referring to individual, separate events -- this fall. In Washington, D.C., the city's local law enforcement has always worked alongside federal agencies. Af