‘Self-deporting’ immigrants are pulling their kids out of school to flee the U.S. Experts say it spells trouble for schools that depend on student enrollments for funding

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"Every student that walks in the door gets a chunk of money with it, not just federal money, but state and local money, too".

Attendance districtwide fell by 3% in February compared with the same period last year, with even steeper declines of up to 4.7% at schools primarily serving immigrant newcomer students.

In the months following Trump’s inauguration, Denver Public School attendance suffered, according to district data.

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Author / Journalist: Bianca Vázquez Toness, Neal Morton, Ariel Gilreath, Sarah Whites-Koditschek, Rebecca Griesbach, The Associated Press, The Hechinger Report

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Published On: 2025-05-21 @ 14:15:09 (1 days ago)

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