DEVELOPING: For mixed status families, deportation fears cast shadow over new academic year

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE National For mixed status families, deportation fears cast shadow over new academic year September 4, 20254:43 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Jasmine Garsd For mixed status families, deportation fears cast shadow over new academic year Listen 4:26 4:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed iframe src"https:www.npr.orgplayerembednx-s1-5515662nx-s1-9439592" width"100" height"290" frameborder"0" scrolling"no" title"NPR embedded audio player" A member of the community writes a welcome back note for students on the first day of DC Public Schools outside an elementary in Washington, DC on August 25, 2025, as a show of support as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Federal agent raids increase in the city. Neighbors, volunteers and parents clapped, blew whistles and shook tambourines as they accompanied children to school on the first day of the new school year across Washington on Monday, with the city's immigrant community gripped by fear amid the Trump administration's deportation raids. KEY DETAILS: • (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDSAFP via Getty Images) ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDSAFP via Getty ImagesAFP hide caption toggle caption ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDSAFP via Getty ImagesAFP Across the U.S., many parents are breathing a collective sigh of relief: school is back in session. • Sitting in her trailer home in rural southern Maryland, a woman who asks to go by her first initial, "M.", says she is one of those very relieved parents. • That's because she spent most of the summer indoors with her four children and says it almost drove her crazy. This is a developing story. More details will be provided as they become available. *Source: Npr*